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TIL Kids In Cars 12 Times More Distracting For Drivers Than Talking On Cell Phones

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LQyZm TIL that a flight delay, weather, and foot perspiration prevented Richard Reid (the infamous Shoe Bomber) from successfully detonating his high-tops in flight.
WA5B TIL during the shooting of the Killer Rabbit scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the crew dyed the rabbit with what they assumed was washable red dye. When they realized it wasn’t, shooting was halted while the cast frantically tried to clean it before the owner realized what happened.
16ePr TIL that the Portugese Man o' War (Physalia physalis) is not a single organism (like a jellyfish) but a colony of clones. The creature is made up of multiple genetically identical organism, each of which alters itself to take on a different form/function to create the individual parts of the colony
8ebZZ TIL about bully sticks, a type of dog treat that is made out of stretched, twisted, and dried bull pizzle or penis.
WJnN TIL In 1524 a statue of Virgin Mary was charged as being a witch and was sent to a trial by water, when the statue floated they denounced it as a witch and burnt it.