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TIL that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh who advocated mandatory-minimum sentencing for drugs users went to a rehab for his addiction to illegally obtained OxyContin, twice.

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nW5YP TIL Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant who speaks 10 languages, described how numbers appear to him in terms of shape, color, and texture. For him, 289 is ugly, 333 is attractive, and pi is beautiful.
N7vO6 TIL a Canadian goose vs. bald eagle fight was caught on camera at a campground in British Columbia. The goose was pinned under the eagle's talons looking lifeless but scooted out, flew into a pond; the eagle pursued but the goose went underwater. The eagle then retreated to watch from a tree perch.
O8X4 TIL Kurt Cobain had wanted the cheerleaders in the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video to be fat and unattractive; the director didn’t like this idea and instead recruited them from L.A. strip clubs
E1jbo TIL the 1960s some models of Plymouth and Chrysler came with dashboard record players which played seven-inch 45s. The player was called the "Highway Hi-Fi” and it was an absolute failure.
QoMX TIL That an American pit bull terrier named Chief saved two women from a deadly cobra, yet died wagging his tail.