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TIL one of Australia’s deadliest creatures is a damn SNAIL

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Lk0eV TIL In 1926 the famous pianist Fats Waller (then 21) was kidnapped by Al Capone's gang to play piano for his birthday. He basically went missing for 3 days and was returned unharmed but drunk.
VMD80 TIL a 90s "Watchmen" movie almost happened where Sam Hamm (Batman) wrote, Joel Silver (Matrix) produced, Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) directed, Arnold Schwarzenegger played Dr. Manhattan, and David Bowie was Rorschach. And the ending would've had Manhattan use his powers to prevent his own creation.
PVjZ TIL of Ashurnasirpal II, the all-conquering bloodthirsty King of Assyria who built a temple out of flayed human skin, built minarets out of human heads, then commissioned art depicting him banging fertility goddesses and strangling lions.
LQLrr TIL that "The Huckleberry Hound Show" by Hanna & Barbera was the first animated series to win an Emmy Award as an "Outstanding Achievement in the field of Children's Programming". It won the award in 1960.
nWvlB TIL the singer of Peanut Butter Jelly Time committed suicide during an 11 hour police standoff, after his brother-in-law Snoop Dogg, tried to convince him to surrender.