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TIL after filming of the restauraunt scene in the 1983 "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life", hundreds of pounds of fake vomit had to be cleaned up on short notice as a wedding was booked at the same venue hours later.

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8exXK TIL Phil Collins became an 'honorary Texan’ after donating over 200 artifacts to The Alamo. Collins has actually written a book on The Alamo as well.
ng8G TIL Gambling for cash is illegal in Japan. Instead, balls won from games are exchanged for prizes or tokens. These items are then exchanged for cash at a place nominally separate from the parlor.
DQgag TIL it’s a myth that any amount of alcohol consumption kills brain cells and the quantity required to actually kill a brain cell would also kill you. Instead, alcohol does harm dendrites, which are the branch-like ends of brain cells that are key for passing messages from one neuron to another.
pBNb TIL That after the genocide of Tasmanian Aborigines, there are many recorded cases of bodies being claimed for scientific study and museum displays, and one case of a body being exhumed so the scrotum could be used for a tobacco pouch.
9Ypw6 TIL: After the infamous 'Nipplegate' controversy at the 2004 Superbowl halftime show, the FCC received ~540,000 complaints. In Canada, where the Superbowl was also broadcast, only 50 complaints were received.