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TIL After failing to make the NFL, Dwanye “The Rock” Johnson was broke, suffering from depression, and was living with his parents at age 24. At this point he decided to start training for wrestling

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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.
4XjkJ TIL that government agencies are training eagles to take down drones flying in restricted airspace and warfare situations
LkApd TIL about Khanzir, the only pig in Afghanistan
6k6m TIL the X’s that you often see on the sides old moonshine jugs in cartoons and popular media actually signified how many times that particular batch had gone through the still, being that the basic pot-stills of yesteryear required you to distill the mash several times.
eRKg TIL Oliver Reed died aged 61 of a heart attack after beating 5 Royal Navy sailors at arm-wrestling in a bar in Malta. He had consumed 3 bottles of Captain Morgan Jamaica Rum, 8 bottles of German beer, and several doubles of Famous Grouse whiskey…All while on his LUNCH BREAK from filming Gladiator.