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TIL The Wiggles iconic Wiggle Fingers was created as a safe way for people to know where their hands are when interacting with children

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b6gpZ TIL the show the honeymooners was one of the first tv shows to depict married life as non idyllic and gritty
j6M9a TIL A coconut can be considered as a fruit, nut, and seed or simply "dried drupe"
O4r6 TIL Blackbeard died 296 years ago to this day. He received five bullet wounds and twenty sword cuts. His head was cut off and his body thrown overboard. As legend has it his headless body swam around the ship 3 times before sinking.
Akex TIL Chris Farley was supposed to be the original voice for Shrek and had 80-90 percent of the lines recorded but overdosed before they were finished.
gMJk9 TIL In 1969, amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst secretly abandoned the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race while reporting false positions to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually doing so. His boat was found unoccupied; it was presumed that he committed suicide or fell overboard.