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TIL that professional wrestlers signed with WWE are not classified as employees, therefore denied some benefits they would be entitled to as employees.

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RY8 TIL that comedian Dick Shawn suffered a massive heart attack onstage and died because the audience thought it was part of his act.
gV6A TIL catnip makes a better mosquito repellent than DEET
ZpwWo TIL that contrary to belief, arranged marriages weren't the norm in Ancient India. According to the Mahabharata, the parents of King Bharata (from whom India gets its co-official name) fell in love and married each other alone in a forest.
REO6 TIL the US allows meat packaging to contain carbon monoxide, used to keep the meat looking fresh. It does not aid in actual preservation of meat. It works so well, though, Congress was shown fresh beef and beef that was 2 years old (preserved with CO). They were indistinguishable.
1argd TIL Saint Francis of Assisi believed that nature itself was the mirror of God. He called all creatures his "brothers" and "sisters", and even preached to the birds.