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TIL in South Vietnam during the Buddhist crisis, a hugely oversized carp was found in a small pond. It was believed to be a reincarnation of one of Buddha's disciples, and the Catholic government ordered it mined and machine gunned, which it survived. This catapulted the fish's fame to new heights

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OoWDX TIL Rick Wakeman started to wear capes onstage in order to hide the weird way he moved while operating footpedals, which a journalist said made him look like a demented spider. In some countries now, a show organiser will write into his contract that he must wear a cape
JY8wj TIL about Ruppell’s griffon vultures which can fly at over 37,000 ft high, higher than the altitude of an average airplane
yV74l TIL of The Electrical Experimenter, a popular science magazine. Although it was only published between 1913 and 1920. It nevertheless boasted Nikola Tesla as a contributing writer.
OGQRg TIL: The King Cobra is not actually a Cobra and its name comes from it's propensity to eat other snakes, including Cobra
8ZkL TIL that during the Prohibition era, the US Government made an exception for Whiskey to be sold through pharmacies. As a result, the Walgreens pharmacy chain grew from 20 retail stores to almost 400.