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TIL that up to 12 karaoke singers in the Philippines have been killed while singing Frank Sinatra's My Way

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N7pRE TIL jaywalking is not illegal in the UK. Crosswalks are not mandatory to use, as long as you're responsible enough to "stop, look and listen."
4kaKR TIL the person shouting exclamations in the song “She Blinded Me With Science” was an actual scientist. Magnus Pyke wrote dozens of scientific papers, was a government advisor in the Ministry of Food, and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire
yQjv TIL that in order to get around the constitutional limits on copyright the MPAA president proposed to make it last “forever minus one day”
E1AYP TIL that children with autism experienced significantly decreased behavioral and cognitive symptoms after receiving a fecal transplant
OoYVY TIL: in 2013, Miriam Margolyes, or Professor Sprout from Harry Potter, announced she 'was a dyke' during her Australian Citizenship ceremony in front of the Prime Minister, to gasps from the crowd.