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TIL an 80 year old man named Amou Haji hasn’t bathed in 60 years, sleeps in a grave-like hole, and smokes animal feces.

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GAgKE TIL Michael J. Fox's first role was in a Canadian series called Leo and Me. Four of the 125 people on the show's set, including Fox, developed early-onset Parkinson's — a disease that usually has an incidence rate of about one in 300.
Z81gv TIL that The Hoover Company had a free flights promotion in the 90s: customers were offered free return tickets to the USA if they purchased at least $120 worth of products; it ended in disaster and the company is said to have cancelled the promotion and reneged on its offers, leading to litigation.
R5Vol TIL MLB Legend Ted Williams was “frozen cryonically” after his death in a process called neuropreservation
EZ6x TIL that a Facebook poll in 2012 indicated that Beaker is the favorite Muppets character, beating Kermit, Miss Piggy and Animal.
dD9AB TIL a Glasgow art venue/nightclub uses specialized technology inside its dancefloor to collect the body heat of its dancers and converts it into renewable energy to power itself.