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TIL that in Australia there is a popular line dance performed to Tina Turner song Nutbush City Limits. The dance has gained such popularity that it has been implemented in some Australian states' curriculums

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PKdn TIL when Columbian drug lord Pablo Escolar’s home was raided, the military released the dangerous hippos of his personal zoo, not knowing what to do with them. They now thrive in the Columbian rivers. This makes Columbia have the largest wild hippo population outside of Africa.
kOwPE TIL Michael Jackson attempted to buy the ownership rights of 'Spider Man'. Stan Lee declined. After that failed MJ attempted to buy 'Marvel' entirely.
KODPB TIL that since Milton Hershey didn't have any children he and his wife opened an orphanage school and when he died, he left his entire fortune and the ownership of Hershey Chocolate Company in a trust for the children in the school. Still today 70% of the company is owned by Milton Hershey School.
X0Vm6 TIL that the British biochemist and historian of magic Edwin Dawes was given a gas mask as a boy, and decided to test it out by making Chlorine gas in the family shed.
pYNVQ TIL that the actors in Alfred Hitcock’s, The Birds, the actors were really attacked by 3,200 trained birds.