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TIL that is legal to use your feet to hit the ball in volleyball

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LKKQ TIL that in the 1920s a Chicago man convinced his wife to pull out all her teeth then refused to get her dentures because it was ‘cheaper to feed her with soup than solid food’. She took him to court and he was ordered to get her 2 new sets of teeth and a beefsteak a week.
lwNA TIL Country singer Marty Robbins loved NASCAR and even raced his own car. Once, he stunned everyone by running 15 mph faster than his qualifying lap. When NASCAR tried to award him, he rejected it, stating he knocked the restrictors out as he “wanted to see what it was like to run up front for once”
ANRJo TIL Gray Whales Mate in MMF Threeways
OorMg TIL That during a skit Paul Hogan joked about attaching $10 to his tax return to get his refund quicker. That year the ATO had around 7,000 returns come in with a $10 note attached.
v1NlK Today I learned the late, great voiceover god Peter Thomas of Forensic Files and numerous documentaries provided the voice of Philips brand Automated External Defibrillators. He said that Philips "wanted a voice that wouldn't scare people." Clearly they never watched Forensic Files alone at 3 AM!