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TIL that the daughter of retired porn star Asia Carrera is a child prodigy, and enrolled in college at age 11.

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Ayd TIL, in 1954, just one month after surgery for colon cancer Babe Didrikson Zaharias won the U.S. Women’s Open. This was the last of her 10 major championships and she accomplished it while wearing a colostomy bag.
E1ALd TIL even National Television Network of Japan didn't dare to mess with Disney and their lawyers because they were terrified about what they would do to them in return when similarities between Atlantis and Nadia were strong enough for its production company Gainax to sue for plagiarism.
leeV TIL that there is a theory that humans were not fully conscious until 3000 years ago, and that instead people heard their consciousnesses as a separate voice that commanded them, and this may have been the source of the beliefs of many ancient gods.
xPQ5 TIL the Cleveland Indians once held an ill-fated promotion called 10 cent beer night. A riot ensued and members of both teams had to fight fans to escape the stadium.
b9l5N TIL that Christopher Columbus was thrown in jail upon his return to Spain for mistreating the native population of Hispaniola