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TIL the "world's most photographed tree," the Lone Cypress at Pebble Beach in California, is held up by wires and cement

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XE7RR TIL in 1962, a Cuban boxer named Benny Paret made fun of his opponent, Emile Griffith, for being homosexual. Paret died 10 days after the fight from a 29-punch combo by Griffith
A4Ga TIL Of “chemo curls”, a documented phenomenon that can occur after chemotherapy where one’s hair structure can completely change from blonde to dark and/or straight to curly and vise versa.
x5Lw TIL famed actor / comedian W.C. Fields so hated tourists walking up the driveway of his Los Angeles home that he would hide in the bushes and shoot BBs at their legs.
680Y TIL NFL cheerleaders are given extensive rulebooks governing their everyday behavior, including what conversations to avoid, when to change underwear, what tampons to use, when to wash their feet, how to eat meat, soup, and bread, and to “not be overly opinionated about anything.”
e0Aeg TIL although people live longer on average, the maximum age of humans hasn't increased in 30 years. This had led scientists to conclude that no matter how much medicine advances, the natural limit to human life span will remain around 115.