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TIL John Cleese of Monty Python was the first person to say “Shit” on British television.

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ep04b TIL the official German hymnal of the Catholic Church contains a hymn set to a melody written for the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber
nK0b TIL J.K. Rowling is quoted as saying “I have met thousands of children now, and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, ‘Ms Rowling, I’m so glad I’ve read these books because now I want to be a witch” when her books were accused of satanic themes.
epgMg TIL the FBI was sued for seizing $86,000,000 USD cash & other valuables
kO9N5 TIL: Hedgehogs have noisy sex known as “Igelkarussell” in Germany, which led to many noise complaints from German residents keeping them up at night.
yQV8p TIL If the earth suddenly stopped spinning everything would instantly accelerate to 1,000 mph. Other very bad things would happen too.