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TIL that the song "Timothy" by the Buoys is about cannibalism

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1a0RV TIL Tyler the chimp that attacked a lady's face, had xanax in his system.
GY7mE TIL of Cannibal Island - a small island in Siberia where the Soviet Union forcibly deported 6,000 citizens. They were abandoned with few supplies and only flour for food. Disease and cannibalism quickly ran rampant and after 13 weeks, 2/3 of the original deportees were dead.
GBZQ TIL that two attorneys general resigned on a single night, in protest after President Nixon asked them to fire an independent special prosecutor looking into the Watergate scandal. It became known as the Saturday Night Massacre
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DGYY TIL When last names were created in Thailand in 1913 law required all names to be unique. Because of this, the only way two Thais would have the same last name would be if they were related.