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TIL that after the famous "More Cowbell" SNL sketch with Christopher Walken ended with "RIP Gene Frenkel" on the screen (underneath Will Ferrell's character), fans have often expressed their sympathies to Blue Öyster Cult over his death, believing the fictional cowbell-shredding artist was real.

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4kaEg TIL that eels can travel over land for short distances by slithering through wet grass to reach new bodies of water.
wbDW TIL the M2 50 Caliber Heavy Machine Gun of the US Armed Forces and many allies has been in use since 1919.
JdXj TIL that the United States Navy shot down an Iranian Airbus A300 after it was incorrectly identified as an attacking F-14 Tomcat fighter. The entire 290 civilian passengers and crew onboard were killed.
1N4V TIL the crack of the Apatosaurus dinosaur’s tail tip would have released 2,000 times more energy than comes off a bullwhip, and the sound would have been over 200 decibels, a cannonlike boom traveling across the Mesozoic landscape for miles. This ability is believed to be due to sexual selection.
eplY4 TIL that the vicuña, a small camelid related to the llama and native to Peru, has the finest and most expensive wool in the world. The Incas valued it so highly that it was illegal for anyone but royalty to wear it.