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TIL Dave Mirra was diagnosed with CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) after his suicide in February 2016. He was the first “action sports” star to be diagnosed with CTE.

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wLZXJ TIL a trial by combat in medieval France took place between a King's bodyguard and a Greyhound. The Greyhound attacked the guard in the street so often that people suspected he had murdered the dog's owner. He confessed when the greyhound pinned him to the ground in the duel and was hung.
JYV4Q TIL of Samuel L. Gravely Jr. He was the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander, and the first to become a flag officer, retiring as a vice admiral.
xODB TIL in 1983, a 19-year-old named George shot himself in the head in an attempt to end his battle with OCD. Instead of killing him, the bullet ended up destroying the part of his brain that controlled the obsessive behavior, curing the OCD.
vDRL TIL there is a language called Boontling spoken only in the small Northern California town of Boonville. It is a mixture of English, Scottish, Irish, Pomo Indian and Spanish.
QX7X TIL that most Ben and Jerry’s ice cream has chunks in it because Ben has anosmia and relies on “mouth-feel” when eating.