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TIL the first taxidermy walrus was much larger and smoother than a live walrus, as the taxidermist had never seen one before and overstuffed it to get rid of the wrinkles.

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M0a0 TIL Rick James had alprazolam, diazepam, bupropion, citalopram, hydrocodone, digoxin, chlorpheniramine, methamphetamine and cocaine in his blood at the time of his autopsy.
GAj TIL that in 1940 two Australian aircraft collided and stuck together mid-air, and made a safe landing still stuck together.
OGNDe TIL in 2011, Sgt. James Hackemer, who had lost his legs, was allowed to board the 'Ride of Steel' roller coaster at Darien Lake Theme Park in New York. The ride's training manual and posted rules explicitly stated that riders must have two legs. He died after being ejected from the ride.
bOB4 TIL Peter The Great accepted his wife be executed after she killed her newborn baby. When he showed up at the execution, the crowd assumed he’d stop the execution, but instead he watched her executed, kissed her detached head and used it to explain to the crowd the intracacies of neck anatomy.
p8nBA TIL a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico damaged a 13th century Aztec Pyramid but in the process revealed an even older temple inside.