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TIL, When presented with a mirror, many male birds masturbate to their own relfection

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loBXB Today I learned that Mel Brooks rigged up an extra finger for himself when he made his hand print in front of the Chinese Theater.
Me7nB TIL 'All I Want for Christmas' nets Mariah Carey $500,000 in royalties each Christmas.
5YJ1P TIL that singer Buffy Sainte-Marie breastfeeding her son Cody on an episode of Sesame Street in 1977 is hailed as the first TV depiction of breastfeeding.
6Ex88 TIL that San Marino is obliged to use Italy's mint, and is forbidden to cultivate tobacco. In exchange for these limitations, Italy provides San Marino an annual stipend of 250 tonnes of sea salt, 40 tonnes of tobacco and 20 tonnes of cigarettes.
9Yl6X TIL that there is a statue of Babe Ruth standing in the Sendai Zoo in Japan. It was on that very spot – considered sacred by some – where the great Yankees slugger’s first home run in Japan landed.