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TIL the first recording of the spoken word “Fuck” was made in 1885.

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16nyr TIL about the death of Poltergeist actress Dominique Dunne. She was strangled into a coma by her ex-boyfriend and passed away 5 days later. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and served just three and a half years in prison.
5Ypo8 TIL april fool started when france switched from julian to gregorian calendar , and people who were slow to recognize January 1 as new year celebrated April 1 as new year became the day of jokes and swindle.
jNNMN TIL that those white flowers you can blow are in fact the same plants as those yellow flowers you see everywhere.
Yp8xW TIL that owls do not have eyeballs. Rather tube like eyes. This prevents them from being able to move them.
awLZM TIL A man complained of symptoms and admitted to taking VitD supplement purported to contain 1600 IU. Analysis revealed that each capsule contained a significantly higher amount (186,400 IU). An error in labeling made the patient consume 10 capsules p/d thus consuming 1,864,000 IU daily for 2 months