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TIL of Vermin Supreme, who ran for President on the promises of time travel research, zombie apocalypse awareness, mandatory teeth brushing, and a free pony for every American.

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VBveD TIL: That actor Anthony Perkins was once pressured by Paramount Pictures president Barney Balaban to end a homosexual relationship and undergo conversion therapy. Tension reportedly arose between the two because Balaban objected to Perkins's homosexuality and his relationship with actor Tab Hunter.
mJKv TIL the creator of Rocko’s Modern Life came up with the idea for his show when he came across a wallaby at a zoo that “seemed to oblivious of the chaos around him.”
VB0XD TIL that three years after winning gold at the 2004 Olympics, wrestler Rulon Gardner and two friends’ plane crashed into Lake Powell Utah. The three men swam an hour to the shore through 44F (7C) degree water to the shore and waited all night without shelter for rescue. All three men survived.
R7W46 TIL a near-mint copy of Action Comics No.1 dating from 1938 (the first comic book to feature Superman) now sells for $3.2 million
Yb9G TIL in 2003 a herd of elephants encircled a camp of antelope hunters in Empangani, South Africa. The 11 elephants surrounded the enclosure keeping the hunters at bay, while the matriarch used her trunk to unhook the gates of the captured antelope, allowing them to run free.