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TIL Chris Farley spent his last night with a hooker named Heidi. She could hear his breathing trouble after he collapsed 10 feet from the door. He asked "Don't leave me." but she left after taking a photo of him (to sell likely)

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xAV1 TIL that to eliminate all the elusive invasive goats in the Galapagos, researchers attached a radio-collar to a ‘Judas goat’ who would, because of its gregarious nature, seek out other goats. It was then tracked down, the group killed, but with the 'traitor’ left alive in order to find more goats.
4kLn5 TIL Though not as often referenced or as documented, the Connecticut Witch Trials took place about 30 years before the Salem Witch Trials and were the first of their kind recorded in American history.
Me580 TIL that Italian hand gestures were born to communicate with someone that spoke a different dialect. Italy has in fact 34 major dialects that are very different from each other and in the past the "standard Italian" was not used.
p8d8A TIL that Turkey Vultures have been & sometimes are still used to detect natural gas leaks from pipelines; the odor that gas companies add to gas (so we can detect it since it's odorless) is the same as rotting flesh, which leads the vultures to congregate in the sky in the area of the leak.
PYrlV TIL High tech car manufacturers user ostrich feathers to clean the dust off chassis before painting because "There is nothing man-made that will remove dust particles as well as natural ostrich feather"