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TIL pistol Peter maravich, NBA player, died of heart failure at age 40 due to a congenital heart defect where he was missing his left coronary artery (the artery that supplies the heart muscle fibers with blood); his right coronary was grossly enlarged to compensate

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aw11N TIL sharks can expel the entire contents of their stomach by literally forcing the stomach inside-out all the way past its teeth. This is called 'stomach eversion' and it's a way to get rid of indigestible objects but occasionally the stomach is unable to retract, which can be fatal.
mJKv TIL the creator of Rocko’s Modern Life came up with the idea for his show when he came across a wallaby at a zoo that “seemed to oblivious of the chaos around him.”
Bngd TIL of a real-life Rambo, a man who evaded thermal-imaging helicopters, armored vehicles, and nearly 1,000 police officers for 48 days after murdering a state trooper with a sniper rifle in northern Pennsylvania. The man, Eric Frein, learned his skills as an Eagle scout and war reenactor.
BgBjD TIL John Hinckley Jr., Reagan's attempted assassin, came from a wealthy conservative Dallas family who were major Bush donors; he was raised in the affluent Park Cities neighborhood that "gave Reagan the highest majority" of the vote; and he belonged to the American Nazi Party
N7LVP TIL On average, the sun rotates on its axis once every 27 days. However, its equator spins the fastest and takes about 24 days to rotate, while the poles take more than 30 days