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TIL that Columbo actor Peter Falk (1928-2011) had an eye removed at 3 years old due to cancer

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Rw5a TIL that the name Cerberus, Hades’ the three-headed dog that guards the underworld, is derived from the Greek word Kerberos which means spotted. Meaning Hades named is his guard dog “spot”
16OE8 TIL Post war Japan is basically the reason why Mecha anime exist in Japan, because it reflected Japan's desire to rebuild Japan after WW2.
pYZwZ TIL North American cowbirds are brood parasites. They lay eggs in a different bird species nests without caring for the eggs themselves. They also practice what scientists call "mafia behavior." "If the host throws out the cowbird's egg, the cowbird will destroy the nest again and again.”
GYYnG TIL that Timothy Leary was able to get out of prison after he filled in a psych test which put him as low-risk...which he himself designed.
lgdV TIL that in 1945 Soviet school children presented a US Ambassador with a carved US Seal as a gesture of friendship. It hung in his office for 7 years before discovering it contained a listening device.