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TIL when asked to describe an “outstanding event at Yankee Stadium” for a 50th anniversary celebration of the stadium Mickey Mantle described a blowjob he got from a fan underneath the right field bleachers

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78JXp TIL humans belong to superphylum Deuterostomia - meaning that during embryonic development anal opening forms before oral opening - in humans assholes literally precede mouths!
jNE5p TIL that the TV show Mr Robot has a team of hackers and cyber security experts who make sure that the hacking shown on the show is accurate. Hacking scenes are also performed by members of the technical team in real life, then recorded and rebuilt using Flash animation.
1a4GW TIL that the signature drum-intensive tune [https://youtu.be/-4_d_6A8nE0 ] that used to precede any CBS Special Presentation (Charlie Brown cartoons, etc) was actually a snippet taken from the original "Hawaii-50" TV theme song.
v1ev8 TIL of Brigadier General Edward Lansdale, who in post WWII Philippines used the natives’ belief in vampires and ghosts his psychological warfare campaign. His men were instructed to abduct enemy stragglers, kill them, puncture their necks twice, and then bleed the corpses out. Edited for grammar
8aKna TIL that some wild boar in Italy discovered and snorted up £17,000 worth of Cocaine in a forest. Drug dealers discovered the ruined haul. Police heard them complaining about in a telephone conversation.