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TIL Paul McCartney’s one condition for appearing in the “Lisa the Vegetarian” episode of the Simpsons was that Lisa remain a vegetarian for the rest of the series.

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Wmdd TIL that patients of doctors who graduated from international medical schools had significantly lower mortality rates than patients cared for by doctors who graduated from U.S. medical schools
8axo8 TIL of Clive Palmer. An Australian billionaire who has attempted to build the Titanic II once before, failed and is now trying again. He has also built an animatronic dinosaur park on a golf course in Australia.
LQRe0 TIL that the water anole lizard can stay underwater for up to 16 minutes by trapping an air bubble on its snout and rebreathing it. With its built-in bubble helmet, it quietly evades predators and hunts like a tiny reptilian scuba diver.
R7ZY1 TIL the USSR tried to blackmail a gay US journalist with photos of him having sex with a Soviet spy, but he refused to cooperate and reported the incident to the CIA. When the Soviets sent the photos to prominent journalists, they all refused to out him.
wok5P TIL "magic mushrooms" are legal in Colorado and Oregon