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TIL Barbra Streisand had her dead dog Sammie cloned twice and both dogs now have different personalities than the original.

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5V94p Today I learned that the Pokemon anime was banned in Turkey in 2000 when a 7-year-old girl jumped off a fifth-story balcony, pretending to be a Pokemon, and ended up breaking her leg.
NX7BN TIL the ancient city of Hieropolis in modern Turkey was thought to be the location of a Gate to Hell by the Romans. This was likely due to toxic levels of CO2 from gas vents that killed animals with noses close to the ground. The vents are bricked up today for tourists' safety.
0wpAj TIL That there are "moist" counties--counties where alcohol is sold in some places [eg. restaurants] but not others [eg. no liquor stores]. In Kentucky the term "moist" is a legal definition.
yQjAM TIL that there have been several cases of whale carcasses bursting due to a buildup of gas in the decomposition process. In Nov 1970, when a dead whale was about to burst, a team blew it up using dynamite in an attempt to dispose of it. The explosion threw whale flesh over 800 feet (240 M) away!
WavY TIL a 1973 Batman porn parody entitled Bat Pussy remained undiscovered in the back room of an adult movie theatre in Tennessee for over 20 years. The film - whose male star is visibly impotent - is often considered the worst pornographic film of all time.