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TIL that Art Spiegelman, the author of Maus was the creator of Garbage Pail Kids

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4MZb TIL that some roller coasters are recycled by selling them and moving them to other theme parks. This is partly because a reclaimed roller coaster can cost 80% less than a new one. One roller coaster, Tsunami, has been at 4 different theme parks since 1986.
V6gZ TIL that in my home state of Florida it is legal to engage in incest, just so long as you, and your partner are the same sex…
RkKj TIL in 1251 the king kept a polar bear in the Tower of London, which “attracted a great deal of attention from Londoners when it went fishing in the Thames”
KY006 TIL Ketchup is sweeter in British Commonwealth countries than the United States
gM4BA TIL about the Turnspit dog, which was bred specifically to run on a wheel that turns meat over a fire. They are now extinct