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TIL that after being fired from Grey’s Anatomy for a gay slur, Isaiah Washington moved to Sierra Leone, where he became chief of a village.

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jNaDj TIL that the South Korean baseball association banned players from placing a cabbage leaf under their hats during games. Except with the provision of a doctor's note in advance.
6ELWm TIL that in 2006, dozens of wives and girlfriends of gang members from Pereira Columbia started a “no sex” strike to force gang members to turn in their weapons with the goal of curbing gang violence. In 2010, the city’s murder rate saw the steepest decline in Colombia, down by 26.5%.
e0kx4 TIL that in 1997 the largest known viking ship 'Roskilde 6' was discovered buried beneath the Roskilde Viking museum during the construction of an extension.
b9lZ9 TIL a highly religious physician by the name of Rene’ Leannec invented the stethoscope because he was uncomfortable putting his ear to the chest of women.
YpY1G TIL In the opening scene of the Disney movie 'The Little Mermaid', when King Triton arrives at the arena, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Kermit the Frog can be briefly seen in the crowd of sea-people.