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TIL Prince used the heartbeat of his unborn son as part of the percussion in one track on the ‘Emancipation’ album. By the time the album was released, his son had died of a congenital birth defect.

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oBPZK TIL About Marcel Petiot, who after being discovered as a serial killer, hid, grew a beard and adopted the name Henri Valeri. Under that name he joined the French Forces and even became a Captain. After a new search started for Marcel Petiot, Henri Valeri was among those who were drafted to find him.
grAmL TIL in 1986 while being filmed for the Bangles music video "Walk Like An Egyptian", Susanna Hoffs moved her eyes from side to side to look at certain members in the crowd to counter stage fright and had no idea that a close up of her doing so would become a focal point and iconic moment in the video
wW18 TIL in 2010 Paul the Octopus, from a German aquarium in Oberhausen, correctly predicted every single World Cup match outcome for the German National Team that year. He received death threats when he accurately foresaw their semi-final loss.
VMeXk TIL Mandrake, a root of a plant which sometimes resembles a human. It has long been steeped in the occult and medieval lore. The root was believed to bear hallucinogenic and narcotic properties and used in the treatment of headaches, earaches, gout and insanity to name a few.
LQ0Yv TIL cats are polydactyl (extra toes) because of the Sonic Hedgehog Protein. Which is a protein named after the blue video game hedgehog.