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TIL that scientists have shown that Count Dracula (Vlad III the Impaler) cried tears of blood

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gM0ZX TIL that John Parr and George Ellison, respectively the first and last British military casualties of World War I, are coincidentally buried in the St-Symphorien cemetery in Belgium, with their graves facing each other.
W7YkA TIL a news outlet in Cleveland, Ohio reenacted a real court case using puppets and a transcript because their cameras weren't allowed
o8DE TIL the different colors of Froot Loops are all actually the exact same flavor.
kyL5 TIL that the law of General Average allows shippers to jettison random goods off a ship in an emergency and that legally, everyone shipping goods on the same ship must share in the cost of the loss equally.
KYdRQ TIL that Daisuke Inoue, the inventor of the karaoke machine, also created a pesticide to repel cockroaches and rats that destroy the electronics within karaoke machines