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TIL on May 7th Dana Plato appeared on The Howard Stern Show where many callers to the show insulted Plato and questioned her sobriety. The next day she died of an overdose.

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7vBP TIL that after recovering from years of opoid (specifically vicodin and methadone) addiction, actor Matthew Perry (Chandler Bing from Friends) received a Champion of Recovery award from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for opening a sober living home in his Malibu mansion
0PwA TIL that Mr Rodgers, when receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Daytime Emmys, asked his audience to take “ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are”, causing many to cry.
OEre TIL in 2009 comedian Eddie Izzard ran 43 marathons in 51 days, despite having only 5 weeks training and no prior history of long distance running.
KO8ME TIL that "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" only works in that order. First, reduce consumption. Then, reuse what you do consume. THEN, recycle what you can't reuse.
6Ep9Z TIL Sunspots are used to observe the sun's rotation and have an average lifespan of 2 weeks. A magnification of 40x-50x in a filtered telescope shows a full-disc view of the Sun, and if sunspots are present, they will appear quite small