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TIL former WWE Wrestler Kane is now the mayor of Knoxville, TN

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mxVVO TIL in 2007, "Big Bang Theory" set designers toured the apartments being used by current graduate students to see how young scientists really live. They did a faithful re-creation of the apartments, but after CBS tested the show, the sets were scrapped because they were too depressing.
b985p Today I learned that the Oneida silverware company was founded by a free-love community in upstate New York, led by a Protestant preacher from the 1840's, who believed there was a connection between sex and spirituality. He experimented with perineum pressure during intercourse to block ejaculation.
J7ym TIL in 1963 A&W was the first chain restaurant to offer the Bacon Cheeseburger
pYwbe TIL Bats talk about sex, food, and sleep.
NXvGe TIL after professional football player Lyle Alzado became enraged, throwing a helmet at another player, the NFL enacted the "Lyle Alzado Rule” that disallowed the use of helmets as a weapon. Years later, Alzado was beset with brain cancer, believing it to be retribution for a profligate lifestyle.