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TIL the word "escalate" was originated as a derivative of the invention of the escalator, and not vice versa.

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d8DVE TIL a live chicken was given to Alice Cooper in concert. Thinking it could fly, he tossed it into the crowd who tore it apart. The next day headlines read: Alice Cooper bites head off chicken and drinks blood. Frank Zappa told him not to deny the story saying "You can't buy this type of publicity!"
X0oGk Today I learned that the Singaporean government displaced the Orang Laut indigenous people of Pulau Semakau to build the Semakau Landfill
N77wJ TIL Romanian dictator Ceaușescu built a huge parliament building in Bucharest, with a big balcony for addressing the people, but was overthrown and killed before completion. The 1st person to use this balcony was Michael Jackson.
lrr5 TIL the blood of young mice rejuvenates the brain function of old mice
OGxZ1 TIL a man was killed by a beaver while trying to photograph it. The man spotted the beaver while fishing with friends, approached it, and the beaver bit the man on the thigh, which severed an artery. Tragically the man's friends were unable to stanch the blood loss.