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TIL Dwayne Johnson’s grandfather was also a professional wrestler, “High Chief” Peter Maivia, making The Rock a third-generation wrestler. In fact, he was the WWF’s first third-generation wrestler, and was heavily hyped upon his professional arrival.

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b9KD7 TIL that the author of the Japanese horror novel, Battle Royale, had a nightmare where a teacher commanded him and the other students to kill each other. He vividly remembers the expression on his face and his own terror in the dream, which got him to write the book.
eKvE TIL that when Mr. T was serving in the Army, his platoon sergeant punished him by ordering him to chop down trees. However, he did not specify how many trees, so Mr. T single-handedly chopped down over seventy trees in about 4 hours, until a shocked major superseded the sergeant’s orders.
rgpy TIL It has been calculated that due to time dilation, the core of the Earth is 2.5 years younger than the crust.
xVwm5 TIL that Syria cuts out the internet during the high school examinations
kKJ1 TIL A King in China died because he kept crying wolf. He would light signal flairs for his Army to come help and when they did, he would laugh at them. He did this to make his consort laugh. When he needed help no one showed up.