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TIL that Camus could have been a professional goalkeeper, but he got diagnosed with tuberculosis and had to switch career, also his Mom was deaf

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RWwa TIL in 1983 Marvel Comics actually published a number of comics about a ‘Spider-Pig’ though his name was Peter Porker, your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Ham.
XVRD TIL Reborn Doll therapy is used to help Alzheimer and dementia patients (reborn dolls resemble human babies as much as possible). At one care home in the UK, doll therapy reduced the number of patients using psychotropic medication from 92% to 28%.
b9OjE TIL, the most successful hunter among apex predators is the African wild dog, with greater than 60% of their chases ending in a kill, which is much higher than that of a lion (27-30%) and hyena (25-30%)
eNBg TIL Teen Mom Farrah Abraham, when asked about going on tour so much (to do appearances, strip, and do porn), said that leaving her daughter is good. “"It’s healthy that we have a break, She has her own life and is doing her own thing, and I’m doing mine.”
a806J TIL that in 1998 the World Trade Center was robbed by three criminals hired by the North Jersey Mafia. $1.6 million dollars were stolen from the 11th floor of the North Tower. This would be the last of a series of crimes committed at the WTC until 9/11.