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TIL that as well as being a talented actor, athlete and overall role model, Terry Crews is also an amazing artist!

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L5vd TIL In Japan, buying a can of hot coffee from a vending machine is marketed as an ‘American’ thing and advertisements have included celebrities like Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Pitt and Arnold Schwarzenneger.
P1Eeg TIL about X-linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism, an adult-onset, genetic movement disorder which affects individuals who descend from the Philippine Island of Panay. It is a neurodegenerative disease that evolves over the course of many years, resulting in significant disability and a shortened life span.
AVla TIL Adolf Hitler promised to end the use of tobacco in the military after the end of the war and encouraged close friends not to smoke, He even began to offer a gold watch to any of his inner circle who could quit.
9YbwB TIL In the 1980s American Airlines sold tickets for unlimited travel (priced around 250000 dollar). One passenger, over a period of 10+ years, traveled more than 10 million miles, accumulated over 40 million frequent flier miles (all of which he gave away), and cost the airline more than $21 million
Oodd7 TIL Robert-François Damiens, after trying to assassinate the king, was sentenced to be executed by having his skin ripped with pliers, molten lead and sulfur being poured onto his ripped skin, then dismemberment by four horses. At hearing this, Damiens replied: “Well, it's going to be a tough day.”