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TIL A man who was attacked and beaten outside of a bar turned into a math genius. Jason Padgett never made it past pre-algebra but after the injury, he began seeing the world in pixelated, geometrics shapes, understood the concept of pi and had a sudden ability to hand-draw complex fractals

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xVkL1 TIL years before Pawn Stars, Rick Harrison was visited and interviewed by Dave Attell for his Insomniac show 15 years ago. He looked like a punk back then.
GYmdE TIL Louisville's Brandeis School of Law has the name of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. It also has his body: he's buried underneath it.
mxPaY TIL about Xu Xiadong, a Chinese Mixed Martial artist who keeps on challenging grandmasters propagating fake martial arts and defeats them. The Chinese government and people continuously harass him and his family. He even has been made wear clown make up while fighting. But he continues to fight.
yQwaw TIL during the Middle Ages wealthy families sometimes took in men and women who had mental illnesses or physical deformities and kept them as court jesters and pets for their amusement. Known as "innocent fools" they were not paid; just provided with food, clothes, and a place to sleep on the floor.
DQNej TIL contrary to popular belief Romans didn't forfeit Germania after the battle of Teutoburg forest, they sent 8 legions to recover their eagles and punish the Germans, after committing a minor genocide the legions were re-called over political concerns about the growing popularity of their general.