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TIL Billy Joel wrote Big Shot about Bianca Jagger as he imagined her through Mick Jagger's eyes

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LQl1r TIL there is a delicacy called 'Laurices' that involves consuming rabbit fetuses.
KOQeQ TIL the food in Alcatraz Prison was so good that the guards and prison staff ate the same exact meals as the prisoners. This was because the warden believed most trouble in prison is caused by bad food.
GYGAE TIL that air traffic controllers direct commercial flights to fly at “even” or “odd” levels. The general rule in most parts of the world is aircraft going east will fly at odd levels, ie 35’000 feet, while aircraft heading west will fly even levels, ie 34’000 feet.
gxMD TIL that US President Richard Nixon tried to convince other leaders that he was insane, thus (supposedly) preventing them from provoking the US for fear of an irrational response.
Kr9a TIL Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, two swedish twin sisters, had a “shared psychosis” and ran into oncoming traffic on a highway while on holliday in the UK. [NSFW video]