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TIL Alice Cooper once threw a live chicken at the audience, thinking it would fly away, and the audience tore it to pieces. After newspapers claimed he had bitten off the chicken's head and drunk its blood on stage, Frank Zappa said "Well, whatever you do, don't tell anyone you didn't do it.".

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alDL TIL Hollywood uses a measurement called Q scores to determine the likability of celebrities. The highest ranking celebrities include Tom Hanks and Morgan Freeman with 48 points, while Kim Kardashian was determined to have to lowest Q score with -71.
Oo0nX TIL Hawaii's King Kamehameha II (1819-24) was heavily influenced by Christian Missionaries. He ended the ancient religious laws, disbanded Hawaiian priests and destroyed temples. However he never converted to Christianity because he refused to give up his five wives, especially his half-sister.
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jpRR TIL that Scatman John suffered from a severe stutter from the time he learned to speak, which led to an emotionally traumatic childhood. He then made the song, “Scatman,” in which he intended to inspire children who stuttered to overcome adversity.