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TIL that owls have long necks under all their feathers

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R51D1 TIL that prior to the release of The Omen (1976), the knowledge that 666 is the number of the Beast from the Book of Revelations was relatively obscure and had to be explained in the movie, which introduced this notion to the wider popular culture.
kORZe TIL in 1991 a youth group in Denmark wrote to Gorbachev of Russia to ask for a free submarine. He said yes, and 3 years later they received a massive 76 meter (250 ft) submarine.
rRJe TIL Cher has climbed Mount Everest not once, but twice
5PWR TIL That Eminem once was asked to be in a horror/comedy film. After being shown the final product, Eminem’s lawyers asked for his scenes to be removed from the film. They did not comply, and the movie is available on Netflix now.
R4A7 TIL in ancient Mesopotamia the Code of Hammurabi dictated that tavern owners, usually women, who watered down wine be sentenced to death by drowning.