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TIL opera singer Daniel Hovlevels had his throat slit on stage due to a prop replacement error, survived, and was back to work the day after.

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XEQPE TIL about A Free Ride, the earliest extant American pornographic movie, from 1915
b9dk7 TIL The first Soviet dog to return from space alive "Strelka" later had puppies. Soviet leader Nikita Kruschev gifted one of the puppies to JFK's daughter Caroline.
dZmd TIL that the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin contains an anti-graffiti chemical - which turned out to be manufactured by the same company that made the Zyklonn B gas used in concentration camp gas chambers during World War 2.
jN5oM TIL that ornithologists often use Cheetos to study behaviour in crows. Along with being easy to spot, they’re also one of the birds’ favourite snacks.
rRkoW TIL Pluto (the Disney cartoon dog) when it first appeared in 1930 doesn't have a name yet. He was briefly named Rover. Animators believed Walt Disney wanted to capitalize the popularity of the newly named planet discovered that same year, what is why he was later renamed to Pluto.