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TIL baseball player Dave Winfield killed a seagull with a baseball during a game and was subsequently arrested for causing unnecessary suffering to an animal

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GY7AQ TIL the song "Edelweiss" in "The Sound of Music" was written for the musical, but sounded so much like a classic folk song that after the first performances, native Austrians said they were delighted to "hear that old folk tune again"
P87n TIL there is a temple in India where women come to shave their heads as part of a religious ceremony. After they leave, the temple sells the hair to companies that make hair extensions.
d8PgK TIL the "G" in "G-Spot" stands for Gräfenberg, a german gynecologist who studied female sexual physiology.
69L6w TIL that Shalom aleichem is the Hebrew version of As-salamu alaykum, with both rooted in a shared Semitic origin meaning 'peace.' While 'shalom' emphasizes harmony and completeness in Judaism, 'salam' reflects peace through submission to God's will in Islam.
oBRRA TIL the United States originally planned to build a canal through Nicaragua before taking over the French canal project in Panama