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TIL about Nadia Popovici, a hockey fan that saved an opposing coach by identifying his skin cancer

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rN9jy TIL that game-jump site is a cliff where native Americans would lure big game, such as Buffalo, to, in order to kill them without weapons. They would fall to their death, and the tribe would collect the meat
5YOYR TIL the song Killing Me Softly was originally penned by Lori Lieberman, and described the night she went to a small show and listened to Don McLean singing a B-side to American Pie. It went on to be covered by Roberta Flack, then the FuGees, but Lori was never credited.
DabJ TIL Laurence Fishburn lied about his age to get the role in Apocalypse Now. He was 14 at that time and the character he portrayed was 17 years old. Filming took so long that he was 17 by the time they were done filming the movie.
rNQ6w TIL about The Small Plastic Bottle Act. The law bans hotels in Illinois from providing small bottles of soap in hotel rooms. You can still get them at the front desk if you ask for them.
5VAEp TIL the youngest person to ever be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease was only 19 years old, with initial symptoms beginning at 17.