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TIL The Wilhelm scream was recorded by Sheb Wooley, known for writing and performing the song ‘One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater’

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Z8PAo TIL MacLean's magazine ranked Sir Mackenzie Bowell as Canada’s greatest bearded prime minister. It was polar bear white and somehow, despite being considerably wider than his face, a near-perfect half-circle
X0MLD TIL that chimps recognize ass better than each other’s faces
XEg7k TIL about Charles Curtis, the first and only Native American Vice President of the United States
4goN TIL that some schools in the Southern United States still hold two separate, segregated proms- one for whites and one for blacks.