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TIL a white guy was the first to sag his pants, starting in the 1950's

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MP5m TIL that a snail spent years glued to a card in the British museum before they realized it was alive
yQjAM TIL that there have been several cases of whale carcasses bursting due to a buildup of gas in the decomposition process. In Nov 1970, when a dead whale was about to burst, a team blew it up using dynamite in an attempt to dispose of it. The explosion threw whale flesh over 800 feet (240 M) away!
DQ4j TIL There was a German Citizen who was kidnapped by the US Govt., tortured in Afghanistan for a few months and released into a desolate road in Albania when he was found innocent. All because his name sounded similar to a suspected terrorist.
GAe7N TIL: according to the Catholic Church, a woman can be a saint but can never be a priest.
p8Mnb TIL that Walt Disney held the patent for Technicolor for two years, making him the only animator allowed to make color animated films!