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TIL that The Rock's acting debut was as the Pendari Champion; an alien wrestler in Star Trek: Voyager.

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AjJn TIL a Senator committed suicide at his Capitol Hill desk after being blackmailed for his son’s homosexuality.
YpwNG TIL about Joe Simpson, who broke his leg descending a mountain and was lowered off the mountain by his climbing partner Simon Yates. He ends up falling off a cliff and into a crevasse after Simon is forced to cut the rope. He survives and crawls 8 miles to safety. Better story in link.
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