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TIL Brazilian footballer Rivaldo grew up in poverty and suffered such malnourishment it caused caused bowleggedness and the loss of several adult teeth, and coaches saying he was too physically weak to succeed . Despite this he went onto win the World Cup, the Champions League and the Ballon d’Or.

by whatilearned September 9, 2022, 10:50 am

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TIL folk singer Jackson C. Frank (1943-1999) only released one album and suffered from mental health issues which halted his career. Although he died destitute and unknown, his music has been cited as an influence and covered by such personages as Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, and Bert Jansch

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 5:29 pm

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TIL: that Margaret Cho suffered kidney failure from rapid weight loss after her appearance was criticized by executive producer Gail Berman of the show All-American Girl.

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 4:08 pm

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TIL Darwin suffered a curious denial about his mother’s death, once writing in a condolence letter “never in my life having lost one near relation” and during a Scrabble-like game, when another player added ‘M’ to ‘OTHER’, he stared long at the board then cried: ‘There’s no such word as M-OTHER!’.

by whatilearned July 23, 2022, 3:12 am

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TIL Two men broke into an abandoned hospital in Goias, Brazil in 1987 hoping to steal scrap metal. and also stole a device that contained a glowing, blue material. They called friends, neighbors and family over to look at this amazing object. 250 people suffered serious radioactive poisoning

by whatilearned July 21, 2022, 11:01 am

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what is the worst insult you’ve suffered from someone who didn’t even mean it as an insult?

by QuestionGuy July 14, 2022, 1:23 pm

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TIL that Alexander the Great was accidentally buried alive. Scientists believe Alexander suffered from a neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré Syndrome. They believe that when he died he was actually just paralyzed and mentally aware.

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 11:22 am

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Mark Twain once said “I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it”. Why do you agree/disagree with his statement?

by QuestionGuy June 12, 2022, 2:27 pm

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TIL Beethoven’s deafness and hearing loss (which began at the age of 31) was likely caused by severe alcoholism, in which he also suffered from lead poisoning as a result of ingesting several bottles per day of contaminated wine.

by whatilearned June 9, 2022, 2:48 pm

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A young woman was taking golf lessons and had just started playing her first round of golf when she suffered a bee sting

by cringeyjokesman June 5, 2022, 4:47 am

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TIL one of the first casualties in the construction of the Hoover dam was John Tierney, who drowned on December 20, 1921. Then exactly 14 years later on December 20, 1935, the job site suffered its last fatality when a worker fell off an intake tower. That man was Patrick Tierney, John‘s only son.

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 2:22 pm

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TIL American Sniper Chris Kyle was killed at a shooting range by a mentally disturbed ex-Marine who suffered from PTSD. Kyle was trying to help him rehabilitate.

by whatilearned May 22, 2022, 2:04 am

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