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TIL that figs are carnivorous

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rYE1 TIL actor Oliver Reed died of a heart attack during the filming of Gladiator after downing three bottles of Captain Morgan’s Jamaica rum, eight bottles of German beer, numerous doubles of Famous Grouse whiskey and Hennessy cognac, and beating five much younger Royal Navy sailors at arm-wrestling
jN6Nv TIL that Abercrombie & Fitch existed in 1917 and one of their products was a women's grey wool suit
kndg TIL that our brains aren’t fully protected by myelin until we are in our early or sometimes even late twenties and the last part to gain that protection controls our feelings of empathy
XEpXk TIL that comedy actor Harold Ramis successfully dodged the Vietnam draft by taking meth immediately before his physical.
X0roP TIL 18-year-old Chinese soccer player Zhang Cheng participated in the 2007 Special Olympics in Shanghai; he went on to have a professional career in China's top league, winning the league champion title in 2020