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TIL in 1983 Stevie Nicks starred in Hands Off!: A Unique New System of Self Defence Against Assault for the Women of Today. Written by Bob Jones, an Australian martial arts expert who worked security for Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Joe Cocker, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and other big names.

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epkL5 TIL: That following the solar eclipse of August 11 1999, the BMJ reported only 14 cases of eye damage from improper viewing of the eclipse, a number lower than initially feared. In one of the most serious cases the patient had looked at the Sun without eye protection for 20 minutes.
a8jY9 TIL Mount Olympus, home of the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece, is a real mountain
69bwZ TIL that "Ivan the Terrible" could more accurately be translated as "Ivan the Formidable"
v1p1R TIL of Alexis Carrel, a surgeon who pioneered vascular sutures after other doctors claimed the French president Sadi Carnot could not have been saved after being assassinated with a knife
8gGG TIL Mario was originally a carpenter, but became a plumber after the construction site he worked on became infested with mushrooms due to leaky pipes.