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TIL Adolf Hitler had a ‘pet' alligator named Saturn who died only recently in a Russian Zoo

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x6lGB TIL 40-year-long Study: Extreme Hot or Cold Temperatures Linked to Heart Disease
1B08 TIL The Rock accidentally knocked out Michael Clarke Duncan while filming a fight scene for The Scorpion King and had a custom Rolex made as an apology gift, but liked the watch so much he kept it for himself.
4oDX TIL that in 1996, Howard Stern completely took over the Tonight Show in a raunchy fashion. Jay Leno was so offended, he stormed out of the studio on a commercial break, while shouting expletives. At the end of the show, he walked off and refused to shake Howard’s hand.
BGLx TIL there was an episode of the 1980s’ Transformers’ cartoon where Megatron and the decepticons got hammered by overindulging on energon
WkojY TIL Anaxagoras (c 510-428 BC) was the first to correctly explain eclipses. He also theorized the Sun was a star and that stars were burning rocks but the other stars are too far away to feel their heat