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TIL when Christopher Reeve was in ICU after his spinal injury, Robin Williams surprised him by dressing up as proctologist. Reeve wrote “"For the first time since the accident, I laughed.”

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jNDDN TIL Health Canada's Health Survey found that more than 85 % of Inuit preschoolers have cavities or other kinds of decay in eight of their baby teeth, on average. Almost 98 % Inuit adolescents have tooth decay and 73 % of older Inuit adults who were surveyed needed some kind of dental care
l78nB TIL that a key reason that Pyramid Schemes are illegal is because of market saturation. If you started a pyramid scheme with 5 people and each person recruited 5 more people, by the 15th tier you would’ve exceeded the entire population of the earth.
eWbn TIL The founder of Mormonism practiced polygamy and polyandry and one of his wives was 14 years old when he married her.
vPNRj TIL that the video game manufacturer Nintendo is almost as old as Coca-Cola. Both companies were established in the 1880's. Back then, Nintendo would produce handmade playing cards.
g1Lb TIL: Alfred Hitchcock was quoted as saying “The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”