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TIL Kent Waldrep was paralyzed during a NCAA football game between TCU v Alabama. TCU used “student athlete” defense to avoid paying Waldrep’s medical bills and cancel his scholarship.

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xa81 TIL Shaolin warrior monk Shi Yan Ming, explaining his eschewing of celibacy, remarked: “I’m too handsome for that.”
rRnaw TIL spacesuits weigh nearly 300 pounds when empty (130kg)
p8rgp TIL VitaminWater Is Not Healthy For You and Coca-Cola, who owns Vitaminwater, was sued by a non-profit public interest group on the grounds that the company’s vitaminwater products make unwarranted health claims.
Yp8vP TIL Elisabeth Shue, Lea Thompson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Andrew McCarthy, Meg Ryan, and Ben Affleck all made Burger King commercials in the 1980s.
kWVg TIL: Lacoste’s signature crocodile was the first designer logo in history. Also, he invented the tennis polo shirt & split-shaft steel racket.