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TIL that after wrestler Kerry Von Erich lost his right foot in a motorcycle accident, he continued wrestling using a hidden prosthetic foot until his suicide in 1992, with most fans never even knowing.

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ADAax TIL The company behind the infamous CueCat had a data breach back in 2000 revealing name, email address, age range, gender and zip code. They gave a 10$ Radioshack gift card to everyone affected.
KYDkE TIL one of the first attempts to make a numerical (0-10) pain scale involved burning the hands of women in labor and asking them to compare the pain to contractions.
EZWp TIL- Most countries DO NOT use Daylight Savings Time.
M7k10 TIL about Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent regarded as the most damaging spy in U.S history. He made an average of $67,000 a year selling thousands of top secret documents to Russian intelligence for 22 years. The ex-KGB agent the FBI hired to catch him was paid $7 million.
Rrg4 TIL that the fact that shaving doesn’t make hair grow back thicker, darker, or faster was first proven in a clinical study in 1928 by Mildred Trotter.