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TIL Peter Cetara forgot his own name when he first met Paul McCartney. He said to himself “I’m just gonna go up to him and tell him how much I like his music.” And he walked up to him and said “Hi Paul, my name is …” Fortunately McCartney replied “I know, you’re Peter Cetera, how are you mate?”

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wPpo TIL in the book ‘Stuart Little’, Stuart was born from his human mother as a mouse, rather than adopted, as the movie adaptation depicted.
gM54A TIL of Gus the Central Park Zoo Polar Bear (1985-2013). Reporters dubbed him "neurotic", "depressed", "flaky", and "bipolar" turning him into a "symbol of the stress of living in New York City". As part of his therapy and treatment, Gus was the first zoo animal in history to be treated with Prozac.
R5lp6 TIL Iqbal Masih was a child laborer in Pakistan who escaped twice and became an advocate against the practice before being assassinated at the age of 12.
WkQvY TIL of a soviet engineer named Adolf Tolkachev who from 1979-1985, leaked soviet military secrets to the CIA which saved the United States hundreds of millions of dollars in military research. He was therefore dubbed "The Billion Dollar Spy."
Oob56 TIL the Tourette Association of America initially feared South Park’s release of their Tourettes episode, but ended up being surprised at how accurate and well-researched the show was on the condition. The only thing they critiqued was the frequent use of “coprolalia” or rampant swearing.