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TIL teacher John Cisna lost 60lbs eating McDonalds 3x/day for 6mo. as part of a teaching lesson against the movie ‘Super Size Me’, stating “As a teacher I wouldnt show that movie because theres no value…a guy eats uncontrollable amounts, stops exercising, & the world is surprised he puts on weight?”

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Z8K6G TIL that in 2006, the brakes failed on Joaquin Phoenix's car in Hollywood, and he flipped off the road. He was found by Werner Herzog, who stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette as gasoline leaked into the car cabin. Herzog broke the back windscreen, helped Phoenix out, and then went home.
xVgBk TIL when The Temptations released the album version of "War", the band and their label didn't press a single version to avoid alienating the more conservative part of their fanbase. However, they allowed Edwin Starr to release his cover of that song as a single, thus boosting his career.
mxN1E TIL of a rare, endangered marsupial that produces fatal levels of testosterone during 3-week "sex marathons." By the time the babies are born each year, all of the adult males have dropped dead.
Vorp TIL washoe the chimp (the first non-human taught sign language) became self-aware while staring into a mirror and then interacting with other chimps that she was not human
wJ06 TIL After President Kennedy’s autopsy, his brain and all autopsy tissues and materials dissapeared. To this day it’s unknown what happened to them.