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TIL that John Williams' first movie score was 1958's "Daddy-O" of MST3K infamy

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7QRb TIL that Wyoming issues Jackalope hunting licenses for it’s official hunting season. It is on June 31st from midnight to 2 AM, and only for hunters with an IQ no greater than 72.
LklxV TIL: The release of a new Harry Potter book had such an impact that researchers in Oxford found that the admission rate of children with traumatic injuries to the city's emergency rooms plummeted on the publication weekends of both Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince.
Me5JV TIL that ticks can paralyze and kill humans with their saliva. Tick paralysis takes 2-7 days of tick toxin exposure and leads to paralysis of the legs, arms, and eventually the diaphragm. The disease can be reversed if the tick is found and removed before respiratory failure occurs.
7rDjp TIL that there is exactly one place in the British Isles to have a name with an exclamation point in its name.
oGQ8 TIL that Ben Johnson the Olympic sprinter was robbed of $4900 by a gang of Gypsy children. He gave chase but was unable to catch them.