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TIL that intelligent people tend to be messy, stay awake longer, and swear more

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x61PD TIL that during an NHL game between Toronto and Carolina in 2018, both of Carolina's goalies got injured so they had to put in a 42 year old maintenance worker from the rink in net. They won the game.
epeBD TIL About Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming who became the first head of what is now known as the SIS in the UK. He had the habit of signing official documents with the letter 'C' in green ink a tradition which carried over to his successors and was the inspiration for James Bond's 'M'.
9wMaX TIL Despite being the Heavyweight Champion of the world, Tyson Fury was not allowed to eat in a restaurant in the UK in 2016 because gypsies were not allowed
7DDp TIL Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) was required to be accompanied by crewmembers who wore high-visibility vests while in the forests of the Pacific Northwest filming scenes set on Endor, so as not to be mistaken for Bigfoot and shot.
m10ZR TIL Oral-B Glide dental floss is made of Teflon and currently the subject of a class action suit alleging it "likely contains" harmful PFAs