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TIL that Jerry Springer died over a year ago! .... Seriously. Wtf?!

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Dv0Y TIL that persistent digital rectal massage has been proven effective in terminating intractable hiccups
XWE6 TIL Willie Nelson sold his first song for only $50 and the cost of a restaurant bill that he couldn’t afford. “Family Bible” went on to reach #7 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, but Nelson had no regrets about the sale, saying, “I felt if I could write one hit song, I could write another.”
v1Rk7 TIL that Alex Lifeson, guitarist of Rush, was featured in a documentary when he was 17. It even has a part where he argues with his parents about playing music instead of going to school.
awgrJ TIL To promote “The Room”, Tommy Wiseau personally spent $5,000 a month on a highway billboard advert for 5 years. This is in spite of the fact that the film only played for 2 weeks in the summer of 2003. Wiseau kept promoting it for years after it closed.
9wJwD TIL a pregnancy requires 49,753 dietary calories — the equivalent of 199 Snickers candy bars each containing 250 calories/