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TIL a “Sploot” is the word for how some pets lay stretched on their belly with their legs behind them

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LkW9 TIL cannibalism - especially brain ingestion - can result in Kuru, a disease that causes both uncontrollable laughter and emotional instability/depression.
oBwEL TIL Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, are third cousins; they both share Queen Victoria as their common great-great-grandmother
wLJGo TIL That Psycho is the very first movie to ever a show a toilet.
9wAgD TIL of the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer, a rifle cartridge designed for its projectile to exceed 5000 feet per second. It is based on a .378 Weatherby cartrige necked down to .22 caliber. It never achieved its goals.
vLej TIL that Astronaut Buzz Aldrin had to fill out a military travel voucher for reimbursement for his mission to the Moon and was reimbursed $33.31.