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TIL Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury were going to make a collaborative album but Freddie quit because Jackson demanded his pet llama come into the studio with him.

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V90G TIL some dog breeds experience “snow nose,” a phenomenon that causes dogs to lose pigmentation in their nose during winter due to lack of sunlight. It usually returns to black during summer.
kJdN4 TIL: American inventor William Richardson created an enhanced swimming apparatus around 1880, enabling users to reach speeds between 4 and 6 miles per hour. The device utilized a central longitudinal shaft to transfer cranking movements of hands and feet to a four-bladed propeller.
wklY TIL The third leading cause of death for pregnant women is homicide
4eZo TIL JK Rowling deleted the rules of Quidditch from the original Harry Potter manuscript “because she thought it made it too technical”. Her agent made her put them back in
9Yk9r TIL That Yao Ming's conservation campaigns has led to a 50% drop in shark fin soup consumption in China. He is now working on poaching as well.