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TIL: Wrestling is considered the world's oldest competitive sport, with evidence dating back over 15,000 years.

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5YNl8 TIL character actor Richard Deacon, best known for playing Dick Van Dyke’s boss on the Dick Van Dyke Show, was a gourmet chef. He wrote several cookbooks, and even hosted a cooking show in Canada.
KO0vQ TIL how Hamburg deals with drunk peeple peeing on walls: Hamburg walls use hydrophobic paint to pee back
GYPd4 TIL that famous stunt performer and daredevil Evel Knievel was about to die because he couldn't get a life-saving liver transplant. When he was literally going to die in his house he got a phonecall. There was a liver available from a young guy who just passed away... in a motorcycle accident.
x6vv7 TIL: Fire ants aren't native to North America and were accidentally imported in the 1930's.
VMwAZ TIL that instead of donating money to the New York Food Bank, Toyota asked its engineers to improve its efficiency, cutting waiting times from 90 to 18 minutes. Toyota has also provided 1 million meals for Hurricane Katrina victims.