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TIL Elvis Costello got permanently banned from Saturday Night Live for this song change during his performance.

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16897 TIL about George Spencer. He was executed by hanging for charges of sodomy after being convicted for an alleged sexual act with an animal. When a sow gave birth to a malformed piglet resembling Spencer, it was believed that this was irrefutable evidence that an act of bestiality had taken place
ANPk4 TIL in 2020, on average, more than 2700 new podcasts were created PER DAY
GA9bj TIL Glur's Tavern, founded in 1876 in Nebraska, is the oldest continuously operated tavern west of the Mississippi river. Frequented by Buffalo Bill, allegedly he once paid his tab with a $1,000 bill!
vRZ4 TIL the shooting star visible in this clip from Jaws was real, and not an optical effect [source: IMDb.com].
MXWm TIL A theoretical spacecraft was designed to travel 92% the speed of light, granting humans the ability to travel to different star systems within their lifetimes.