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TIL that Russians almost surely didn’t put frogs in their milk to preserve it.

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ZkY TIL that in 2011, someone tried to sell a near-perfect fake of the Pontiac ambulance which had transported the body of President John F. Kennedy to his autopsy. Turns out the real one had been crushed in 1986 at the request of the Kennedy family.
nOJY TIL High stress and too much coffee can make you hear things
jJyE TIL There’s an alternate ending to The Lion King, where Scar defeats Simba by throwing him off Pride Rock to his apparent death. A fire then consumes Scar who stands there, laughing manically, while he burns to death. It was deemed “too dark” for a Disney film.
BrGBW TIL due to BBC's policy against product placement they couldn't play the original version of "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'", and instead had DJs shout "Radio Times!", the title of BBC's own magazine, over the song's original chorus words "Rolling Stone".
MeZBB TIL The rise of electric toothbrushes has contributed to the decline of toothpaste use, given they have smaller heads and less surface to put paste on