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TIL Christopher Walken was a lion tamer as a teenager and applied for the position because, “I’ve always loved cats.”

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l7YOB TIL There is a total of 184 birds in the 12 Days of Christmas.
b6lX4 TIL CTE can only be diagnosed after death through brain tissue analysis. Doctors with a specialty in brain diseases slice brain tissue and use special chemicals to make the abnormal tau protein visible. (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy)
YpMMA TIL that James Jamerson, regarded as the greatest electronic bass player ever, recorded Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, while being flat on his back as he was too intoxicated to stand upright. He was the uncredited bassist on most of the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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