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TIL In 2009, Russian strippers were invited to a professional gaming tournament in an attempt to make players lose their concentration. They didn’t look once.

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v9a8 TIL Robert Kennedy was assassinated during the exact same week that the Rolling Stones were recording ‘Sympathy for the Devil.’ The original lyrics were “I shouted out 'Who killed Kennedy?’” but Jagger changed it to “I shouted out 'Who killed the Kennedys?’”
N7GQM TIL that, when Lisa Kudrow was cast in Friends, it was decided to make Phoebe the twin sister of Ursula, her character in Mad About You, so that TV audiences wouldn't get confused about seeing the same actress in back-to-back shows.
V9MZ TIL that when a study was done on people who suffered from constant/chronic Déjà Vu, a man declined to take part because he felt like he had done it before
BrEky TIL that because of Uranus’ axial tilt, it “rolls” around the sun like a marble. It’s poles each experience 42 years of light and 42 years of darkness during the summer and winter solstices.
ADp7g TIL that the first Olympics had an event called Pankration, a mix of wrestling and boxing where the only restrictions were of biting/gouging. Breaking digits and dislocating limbs was common, the battle only ending in death/surrender. The Greeks invented sports medicine in response to this event.