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TIL Jon Lovitz smashed Any Dick's head into a bar top at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles

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GADo5 TIL that people who spend a lot of time around birds are prone to Bird Fancier’s Lung, which can cause shortness of breath, fever, dry cough, chest pain, weight loss, fatigue, and pulmonary fibrosis. It’s caused by inhaling proteins found in dried bird droppings and feathers.
BrxDd TIL that 97% of the galaxies in our observable Universe are permanently unreachable by humans. The Universe is expanding so rapidly that even if humans left earth today, travelling at the speed of light, they could only ever reach about 3% of the total number of galaxies in our observable Universe.
Bragr TIL The 1904 Olympic Marathon included a runner who was poisoned by his trainers, a runner who was chased a mile off-course by dogs and a runner who ate rotten apples, had to lie down for a bit and still finished fourth.
b0XQ TIL that Lucille Ball claimed she picked up radio signals on her dental work and reported it to authorities resulting in the bust of a Japanese spy signal in LA in 1942.
kOKd1 TIL The long-term ban on switchblades in the US owes its origin to a 1950 article that appeared in ‘Women's Home Companion’, entitled; ‘The Toy That Kills’.