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TIL there are 8 films in the 'Beethoven' (franchise)

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xVEG0 TIL for millennia Autism and other sudden disabilities was explained by the Changeling folklore. A fairy or demon would steal a normal baby and replace them with their own child in disguise. The Changeling would cry, scream, not display social behavior, or just become completely unresponsive.
DAVr TIL Laphroaig scotch whisky was legal in the US during prohibition because the authorities thought it was so foul tasting no one would ever want to get drunk off it
BgVMK TIL a study in the 1920s found that one out of 17 invertebrates caught in midair is a spider. They can get all the way up into jet streams and survive there for a few weeks.
XoaQ TIL that after being wronged by the government in the late 1990s, a citizen decided to heavily modify a bulldozer, called it the “Killdozer”, and went on a rampage.
x5oD TIL that there are fridges full of free beer scattered throughout Europe that will only open for Canadians.