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TIL That Maryland’s Official State Sport is Jousting
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TIL that the classic “devils horns” ears that Doberman dogs are known for is actually a result of a practice called “cropping”, where the flappy part of an animals ear is surgically removed.
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TIL: a Ha Ha Wall is a recessed wall that creates a vertical barrier while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond.
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TIL: There was a limited edition publication in 1953 of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 bound in asbestos to prevent burning.
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TIL that Ween’s 1997 album “The Mollusk” was a great inspiration to Spongebob creator Stephen Hillenburg due to its underwater theme. In 1997, Hillenburg told Ween the baseline ideas of Spongebob, and asked for a song. The band wrote “Loop de Loop” for Hillenburg, later used in a SpongeBob episode.
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TIL During WWII, Germans built fake airfields with fake wooden planes. Allies knew they were fake and dropped wooden bombs on them.