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TIL part of a Teletubbies episode was actually banned in some countries for supposedly being too scary.

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pYyee TIL Edwin Drake, the first american to successfully drill for oil, was hired by the oil company because he happened to be staying at the same hotel as the oil company's owners.
gMlP8 TIL of the Shirime, a japanese spirit that strips naked and flashes its butthole that contains a shiny eye to innocent bystanders
vPv1r TIL slot games trigger wins based on two main predetermined metrics: the return-to-player rate (how much) and the variance (how often).
6EV1Z TIL that the paper toilet seat covers, found in public restrooms, pretty much do nothing and do not actually have any health benefits.
8XeG TIL Theodore Roosevelt killed over 11,400 animals on his expedition to Africa, it took over 8 years for the Smithsonian to catalog all of them.