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TIL that Nostalgia was originally classified as a mental disorder

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ADWGl TIL of Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in American history. He fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua and, as a senior officer, served with distinction in World War II and the Korean War. He's known for the phrase, "We're surrounded, that simplifies things."
j0eM TIL Prince used the heartbeat of his unborn son as part of the percussion in his song Sex in the Summer on the album Emancipation. One month before the album was released his son died of a congenital birth defect shortly after birth.
ZpGVv TIL that SR71A "start carts" exhausted USA's junkyards of 400 cubic inch Buick V8 engines
NX5bM TIL that the UK version of the movie "Every Day" is cut by 4s to remove a scene (cut marks shown on a girl's arm) to secure a 12A certificate instead of a 18. Surprisingly, the Irish release is uncut at the same rating, despite the fact that Britain and Ireland form the same distribution region.
b9pN9 TIL Parasitoid Wasps pierce their pointy stingers into other insects. They lay eggs inside the living hosts, and the wasp hatchings eat their way out of the still-living prey.