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TIL that Carrie Underwood was born with a third nipple.

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N7n0J TIL the famous HMS Terror shipwreck was finally discovered in 2016. The sealed captain's quarters could contain undeveloped 170 year old photos from the doomed arctic expedition.
DjGV TIL that when American soldiers came to the house of Richard Strauss in 1945, the famous German composer identified himself: “I am Richard Strauss, the composer of Rosenkavalier and Salome.” One of the soldiers was a musician, and placed a sign at the home so others would not bother him.
nQNd TIL: Jason Lee of “My Name Is Earl” used to be a devout Scientologist, when he found out his first wife had read an anti-Scientology book he sent her a one-paragraph “disconnection letter” ending their relationship. As of 2016, Lee no longer practices Scientology.
ANOMn TIL that after leading a peasant revolt in Hungary in 1514, György Dósza was punished by being chained to a heated iron throne and had pieces of flesh torn off by hot pliers. His followers were then forced to eat him alive by biting the spots where the pliers were inserted and to swallow his flesh.
Brnvy TIL: A bronze sculpture at handsome Victor Noir's grave shows him prone & dying after a lost duel. Age patinated the metal to a green-brown color except on his lips and his (um) bulge --which gleam! They shine from constant contact by the superstitious who seek good luck by (ahem) "remembering" him.