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TIL Joe Rogan was the host of Fear Factor

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mxyrY TIL Soviet gymnast Elena Mukhina, widely touted as the next great gymnastics star until 1979. Her coach rushed her recovery from an injury and pressured her to perform a dangerous move (the Thomas salto), which caused her to break her neck, leaving her a lifelong quadriplegic. She died at 46 in 2006
yQOQe TIL of Gramercy Park, a private park in NYC for neighboring residents that requires a $350 key and a $7500 annual fee to enter.
Eg5gW TIL that we don't have 100,000km (60,000m) of blood vessels. It's actually around 9,000km to 19,000km
novW TIL a 1984 contestant on the game show “Press My Luck” used his stop-motion VCR to memorize the patterns used on the game board. He won $110,237 in cash and prizes, at the time the largest one-day total ever won on a game show.
QJZQk TIL the modern dad in Dennis The Menace is actually 1980s Dennis grown up