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TIL: The same man who created a new style of hard to detect audio bug (secret agent listening device) also created a musical instrument (the theremin).

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D1k5P TIL of Taylor Alexis Muhl, a human chimera. She is fraternal twin sisters in one body. She has birthmark in her chest as her left side is darker, the recessive twin body part. She also has two immune system causing her to be sickly in her teens. Now in her 30's she works as a model.
Lklr9 TIL The Largest Alligator caught currently holding the modern day World Record is 15 ft & 1011.5 lbs. Caught in the ALA. River. Taxidermists autopsied the beast and found an ENTIRE WHOLE DEER in its stomach. Also found, small squirrels swallowed whole as well. The deer is est. to have been 3 y/o.
Lkbpd TIL that the title theme from Punch Out (1987) was originally the Gillette razor company jingle- the "Look Sharp, Be Sharp March"
OBGe TIL in The Simpsons, God and Jesus are the only characters ever depicted with all 5 fingers.
mp6E TIL: When Edward I of England was coming back from the ninth crusade in 1272, he learned that his father had died and that he had been made king of England. Instead of returning home to be crowned, Edward went on a leisurely trip in Italy and France for almost two years and only came back in 1274.