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TIL that in the Commonwealth of Virginia the Dept of Professional and Occupational Regulation you can file a complaint against a professional wrestler, boxer, or martial artist, among other occupations.

https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/FormsAndApplications/F701-COMPFRM_pdf.pdf

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/162a0ia/til_that_in_the_commonwealth_of_virginia_the_dept/

TIL the choir that comes in towards the end of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge" was made up of guitarist John Frusciante's mother and her friends from church, none of whom were professional singers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Bridge

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/16281tz/til_the_choir_that_comes_in_towards_the_end_of/

TIL despite decades of cultural notoriety, the practice of printing photos of missing children on milk cartons only took place for two years (1984-1986). In that time 200 children were featured of which only 2 were found alive; of the 2 only 1 was found because of the milk carton

https://happylutheran.blog/2015/09/20/remembering-the-missing-children-milk-cartons/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1627yh6/til_despite_decades_of_cultural_notoriety_the/

TIL Our solar system has 290 moons. This number increases to 752 if you include asteroids and trans-neptunian objects

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/overview/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1627o9n/til_our_solar_system_has_290_moons_this_number/

TIL In 2007, the company Odyssey Marine Exploration reported having found a shipwreck containing $500 million worth of gold and silver coins. The wreck is believed to be a Spanish Navy frigate sunk by the British off the coast of Portugal in 1804.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Swan_Project

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/16236y7/til_in_2007_the_company_odyssey_marine/

TIL Bob Barker had a cameo in the soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful in which he told a man to help control the pet population by having his pet spayed or neutered, then beat him up and kicked him down a hill after the man called Bob wacko.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRhwMjya5o0

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1622txc/til_bob_barker_had_a_cameo_in_the_soap_opera_the/

TIL Hawaii is considered the bird extinction capital of the world - Since humans arrived, 95 of 142 bird species found nowhere else in the world have become extinct in Hawaii

https://abcbirds.org/program/hawaii/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1621vv3/til_hawaii_is_considered_the_bird_extinction/