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TIL that Halloween in early 19th Century America was a night of pranks, tricks, illusions and anarchy.

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Rv9l TIL Polish composer André Tchaikowsky donated his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company in hopes that it would be used as a prop for the skull of Yorick. In 2008, the skull was used in a series of performances of Hamlet at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
9w4K7 TIL that cows get most of their proteins by digesting bacteria from their rumen that ended up in their stomach
wLRdJ TIL the human eye with transmits data at roughly the same rate as an Ethernet connection
8aV8K TIL in 1941, a little girl who was selling lemonade at her lemonade stand caused a polio outbreak. The health department found that she hadn't cleaned the cups customers used. She ended up getting polio along with her friends.
x6jb7 TIL that STAR WARS released a Christmas music album in 1980 and the producers wanted a better lead singer for the track "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas" so they asked the 17 year old kid who was sweeping floors at the studio, and he nailed it. His name was Jon Bon Jovi.