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TIL that many of the child actors who played the Little Rascals were later murdered and/or convicted of murder. Also, the original dog to play Pete the Pup was assassinated in 1930.

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KOmeE TIL Darwin believed that white people were more evolved than black people. He also believed that males were superior to females.
ByXD TIL: When you drop molten glass into water it creates a tadpole design. The bulbous head is resistant to hammer blows, but minor damage to the tail cause it to explode.
4XkyX TIL that researchers identified two different types of mind-wandering: intentional mind-wandering, which tends to occur when people engage in easy tasks, and unintentional mind-wandering, which tends to occur when people engage in difficult tasks.
mxd7M TIL that after "Freddy Got Fingered" won multiple Razzie Awards, Tom Green personally attended to accept his awards. He brought his own red carpet, and during his speech he played the harmonica so poorly and for so long he had to be dragged off the stage.
grmgD TIL about The Stoned Ape theory, which hypothesizes that apes might have consumed psilocybin mushrooms that kick started rapid brain evolution.