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TIL Oliver Reed died aged 61 of a heart attack after beating 5 Royal Navy sailors at arm-wrestling in a bar in Malta. He had consumed 3 bottles of Captain Morgan Jamaica Rum, 8 bottles of German beer, and several doubles of Famous Grouse whiskey…All while on his LUNCH BREAK from filming Gladiator.

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loy4A TIL Peekaboo is the example of object permanence in infants which helps to develop sensory capabilities in kids with cognitive development.
QLba TIL that boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukranian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
R5LOQ TIL that there was a prequel comic series to the film Wall-E. It ran for 8 issues from 2009-2010 but was discontinued.
ADMel TIL That there is a building in Dallas that has a elevator conference room. If you need to have a meeting you just call it up to your floor.
GZwE TIL that in the book version of Stephen King’s “It”, after the six kids (who are the age of 11) defeat Pennywise, they all decide to have sex with Beverly (the one girl out of the six) in the sewer, by her invitation.