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TIL up to 1/3 of American tourists to Scotland believe haggis is made from a small, wooly, highland creature known as a "wild haggis."

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QJ8Be TIL Michael Keaton, a longtime Pittsburgh resident and fan of its sports teams, negotiated a break in his Batman movie contract in case the Pirates made the playoffs that year. "They thought I was kidding," he said. "I wasn't."
7GN7 TIL That DC won’t let Batwoman get married because superheros are not supposed to be happy.
Ook96 TIL Jack Daniel (the founder of the whiskey) died from kicking a safe. When he kicked it, he broke his toe which got infected. He eventually died from blood poisoning.
ANxwx TIL about the unsolved death of Jeannette DePalma, a 16-year-old found in 1972 surrounded by ‘occult’ symbols, sparking decades of conspiracies and fear
pkXe TIL China considers pornography to be “spiritual pollution” and has banned it since 1949. Usually the punishment is just a fine and a warning, but in 2005 the creator of China’s biggest porn site was sentenced to life in prison.