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TIL Steve-O was nearly mauled by a lion while shooting one of the one of the first Nintendo Ds commercials

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8aNw8 TIL about Bayard Rustin, an openly gay black man who advised Martin Luther King Jr. on the principles of nonviolence, was a major civil rights leader, and was the main organizer of the March On Washington. He has been largely forgotten (especially relative to other activists) due to his sexuality.
enwg TIL Wedding rings weren’t worn by men until the late 19th century.
nWBaW TIL England has rainforests
jNjVM TIL that with at least 645 different meanings in the Oxford English Dictionary, the word 'Run' currently holds the record for having the most meanings for a word in the English language
epMAb TIL Highway hypnosis is an altered mental state in which an automobile driver can drive lengthy distances and respond adequately to external events with no recollection of consciously having done so.