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TIL Ghandi covered the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a news reporter.

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VMbbG TIL that the myth of Prometheus having his liver eaten daily actually has some scientific basis, as the liver can regrow itself
JXD4 TIL Weird Al Yankovic’s parents both died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 2004.
dDAx7 TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle.
MrRV TIL Jim Cummings, notably the voice of Winnie The Pooh and Tigger, voiced the Tasmanian Devil, and Razoul from Alladin, and many other voices has also done voice work in video games such as Skyrim, Fallout, and Baldur’s Gate.
mxB5Y TIL that Darryl Dawkins "Chocolate Thunder", who was most famous for his two glass shattering dunks, was the first NBA player to play out of high school. He once claimed to be an alien from the planet Lovetron, where he spent the off-season practicing "interplanetary funkmanship" with gf Juicy Lucy.