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TIL The fear of palindromes, aibohphobia, is, quite sadistically, a palindrome.

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VBm18 TIL A group of well trained athletes were given placebo steroids, and they showed the same results in 8 weeks as would be expected with a low dose of real steroids
GAev1 TIL Mike Tyson used a fake penis and his own infants urine to pass drug tests
eplOk Today I learned the theme song to Trailer Park Boys is a piano-only version of I Left My Heart in San Francisco
m1RPy TIL Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in Vietnam. Despite being hit by grenade, shot several times, and stabbed, for a total of 37 major wounds, Sergeant Benavidez managed to rescue 12 of his fellow soldiers.
m15MO TIL George Foreman named five of his kids George, as it would be easier for him to remember. “If you’re going to get hit as many times as I’ve been hit by Mohammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Evander Holyfield – you’re not going to remember many names.”