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TIL of Valentin Dikul - a soviet circus performer who broke his back in an accident when he was 15 and was told by doctors he’d never walk again. He then designed his own training system, fully recovered and performed amazing feats of strength in the future e.g., back squatted 450kg/990lbs at 60 yo.

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vPBd4 TIL that when Dana White and the Fertittas, purchased the UFC from its previous owners in 2001 for $2 million, they received only the brand name and an old octagon, other assets were already sold off including the domain name UFC.com which had been sold to a company named 'User Friendly Computers"
9wNGG TIL there's a protein in our cells called PARP-1 that is constantly repairing damaged DNA our cells. But it can't repair the DNA in neurons (including brains) while we're awake. So it accumulates there until we fall asleep. Research now shows this accumulation of PARP-1 is what makes us sleepy.
5VKJn TIL that the oldest person in the world is 116 years and 116 days old TODAY
ym0e TIL a contestant spun the wheel on ‘Wheel of Fortune UK’ the wrong way, causing the gears to break and filming to stop for the day.
dE9 TIL “Jesus” and “Joshua” are the same name in Greek. Jesus Christ means “Joshua the Annointed”