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TIL that Frank Zappa and David Bowie once had dinner together, during which Frank refused to say anything to Bowie besides “Fuck you, Captain Tom.”

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rRb71 TIL: A rural Japanese town under siege by monkeys is defended by three elderly women armed with airguns who call themselves the "Monkey Busters".
9YDmB TIL that in 2013 the Taliban denounced The Daily Beast for false reporting and violation of the basic rules of journalism because of an article that said they were seeking peace in Afghanistan.
NX6d6 TIL, though released a month earlier, the Movie "My Blue Heaven" is a loose sequel to "Goodfellas". The screenwriter Nora Ephron based Steve Martin's Character on Henry Hill (played by Ray Liotta in Goodfellas). She was also married to the Writer the book "Goodfellas" was based on, Nicholas Pileggi.
6904W TIL frogs use their eyeballs to help swallow food “The eyes assist in the swallowing of food as they can be retracted through holes in the skull and help push food down the throat”
EP1V TIL there was a chimpanzee who drank gin and tonics and masturbated to porn