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TIL the wrestler Mick Foley became a fan of Tori Amos in 1993. After meeting her in 2008, he got involved in a group she started to aid abused women. He has volunteered extensively, fielding calls from women in difficult circumstances, and logged over 550 hours on the phone over an 18-month period.

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P1gZJ TIL that stock dilution is the decrease in existing shareholders' ownership percentage of a company as a result of the company issuing new equity. New equity increases the total shares outstanding which has a dilutive effect on the ownership percentage of existing shareholders.
Zr5Y TIL that the CALM Act, which forbids TV ads to be louder than programs they accompany, was proposed when a loud commercial interrupted a congresswoman’s dinner. When she complained to her brother-in-law about it, he replied “Well, you’re the congresswoman. Why don’t you do something about it?”
oRdGY TIL An unexplained phenomenon in neuroscience is the discovery that electrical stimulation in temporal neocortex can cause neurosurgical patients to spontaneously experience memory retrieval. (2012)
6xWZ TIL that due to gravitational time dilation, the Earth’s core is 2.5 years younger than the surface.
ELAx TIL Vatican City is the only nation in the world that can lock its own gates at night. It has its own phone company, radio, T.V. stations, money, and stamps. It even has its own army, the historic Swiss Guard.