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TIL the song ‘Louie Louie’ was investigated by the FBI for 31 months on suspicion that the lyrics were secretly obscene, but no lyrics were ever printed and it was dropped when they were deemed unintelligible. The drummer later admitted to yelling 'Fuck!’ at 0:54 after dropping his drumsticks.

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oBrRE TIL about Jaron Lanier, who at 13 convinced a university to allow him to enroll (where he took graduate-level courses) and at 16 built a canoe he sailed from Florida to Venezuela. He is considered a founding father of the field of virtual reality.
4XnEX TIL of the "Daughter from California" syndrome, a situation in which a long-lost distant relative arrives at the hospital at which a dying elderly relative is being treated, and insists on aggressive measures to prolong the patient's life, or otherwise challenges the care the patient is being given.
YpnNv TIL of the Cathars, a medieval Christian sect notable for its belief that the God of the Old Testament, the Creator, is evil, and perhaps Satan. Instead, they worship the New Testament God, who they believe created the spiritual world, and is truly omnibenevolent.
rK5d TIL That people in Asian Countries have slanted eyes due to an Epicanthic Fold, Which protects there eyes during cold weather and protects the from the sun reflecting on snow.
Wk7kL TIL the Creole pig of Haiti was deliberately exterminated in the 1980s to stop an outbreak of African swine fever. Peasants were provided with imported pigs from the U.S. as compensation, but this caused many of them to lose money as the American pigs were much more expensive to maintain.