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TIL of "chicken shit bingo", a weekly event at the Little Longhorn Saloon in Austin Texas. Participants purchase a ticket which corresponds to a random number on the table. If the chicken poops on your number you win a cash prize.

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Jjom TIL in 1985, the writers of Sesame Street decided that the adult characters needed to be shown to believe Big Bird about Snuffleupagus due to concerns that if they did not, children would fear that adults/parents would not believe them about an adult abusing them if they told.
nexYW TIL astronomers found a huge cloud of dust containing ethyl formate, the same chemical that gives raspberries their taste, in the middle of the Milky Way.
mK4p TIL the president of Vivid Entertainment offered Honey Boo Boo’s parents $1 million to appear in a pornographic film with the working title “Here Comes Diabetus”.
9Ybn7 TIL People such as astronomers who spend a lot of time in dark environments prefer to use red lighting when they need just a little light. Eyes are less sensitive to red light and they are less likely to mess with the dark-adaption of our eyes
gAVD TIL: That on 9/11, after the first plane hit the North Tower of the WTC, people in the South Tower wanted to leave but were advised by a announcement to stay at their desks. Some of those who tried to leave anyway were turned back by security in the building before the exits. 1,120 died.