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TIL Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, often used for horror movies and vampire scenes, was originally written to showcase the organ in a church

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d4Er TIL that pirates wore gold and silver earrings for superstitious reasons like not drowning or getting seasick, and curing bad eyesight. Also, the earrings’ worth covered the cost of a proper burial. They were also helpful to dangle pieces of wax from to use as ear plugs near cannons.
7wJO TIL that Bob Denver allowed Make-a-Wish kids to rescue him from an island. In full Gilligan costume.
9wLpp TIL the sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals is called Spawn
OKbe TIL that nannies would masturbate their children to put them to sleep up until the seventeenth century.
R7Wbl TIL Sicilian feline, Vituzzo (aka Vito), is the first Italian cat to get prosthetic legs. After his hind legs were crushed by a car in Milan and had to be amputated, he got permanent leg implants spring-loaded with joints. (This comes on the heels of British cat Oscar, the 1st ever bionic cat).