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TIL Hugh Hefner has gone nearly deaf in recent years, which may be caused by the Viagra he uses. But he still says he would rather have sex than have his hearing

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0dkVp TIL Uwe Hohn is the only person in history to throw a javelin 100m. His world record of 104.8m was declared an "Eternal World Record" as it will likely never be broken due to the IAAF redesigning the javelin in 1986 and resetting the WR to coincide with the change.
awl0M TIL J. Paul Austin, CEO of Coca Cola threatened in 1964 to move his company's headquarters out of Atlanta if the city did not hold a celebration honoring MLK receiving the Nobel Prize.
4X146 TIL The name "Puntland" is derived from the Land of Punt mentioned by ancient Egyptian sources. However, the exact location of the fabled territory is still a mystery. Many studies suggest that the Land of Punt was located in Somalia, whereas others propose that it was situated elsewhere
e00gn TIL Led Zeppelin is the name of an entire band and not one singer...
wLP47 TIL - Industrialist Andrew Carnegie, called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society and dedicated the last 18 years of his life to large-scale philanthropy giving away 90 percent of his fortune, $350 million ($65 billion in 2019 dollars) to charities, foundations, and universities