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TIL Muammar Gaddafi died after being repeatedly stabbed in the anus with a bayonet

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x6851 TIL of Burger King's "A Day Without Whopper" in Argentina. On November 10, 2017, Burger Kings in Argentina did not sell the Whopper and told customers who wanted one to buy a Big Mac at McDonald's instead, because McDonald's was donating the Big Mac proceeds that day to help children with cancer.
DQLkD TIL: American rapper and singer Lizzo, born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, was classically trained as a flutist for 8 years, from the age of 10 until she graduated from high school in 2006. At age 14, she formed a musical group called Cornrow Clique with her friends.
X0o0k TIL that Roman gladiators were overweight (NOT muscle-bound) and ate mostly vegetarian diets
B44r TIL in 1924, children playing on the banks of a river in Germany discovered a human skull. More bones were discovered, eventually leading to the arrest of Fritz Haarman, who was butchering humans and selling their flesh as pork.
9YP96 TIL Candace Bergen’s ventriloquist father left $10,000 to his dummy, Charlie McCarthy, and $0 to her. Charlie also had his own bedroom, which was bigger than hers. She also recalls "A gentle squeeze on the back of my neck was my cue to open and shut my mouth so he could ventriloquize me.”