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TIL there are shackles at the feet of Lady Liberty

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OGE14 TIL that Fabio got hit in the face by a goose while on a rollercoaster in 1999.
nv0G TIL that after Kanye West interrupted Tayor Swift, Comedy Central played South Park’s ‘Fishsticks’ episode on repeat for 2 hours.
YVjr TIL the wheel was invented thousands of years after boats, woven cloth, rope, sewing needles, baskets and even the flute.
e0rPJ TIL Macaco Tião, a chimpanzee, had the habit of throwing excrement at visitors (including several politicians) to the Rio de Janeiro Zoo. A satirical newspaper ran his candidature for Rio de Janeiro mayor in 1988, and he got 9.5% of the votes.
vJKL TIL that until the invention of the wall outlet, people had plug their electric appliances into an empty light bulb socket.