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TIL Former NASCAR Driver Tim Flock had a Monkey Co-pilot named “Jocko Flocko”. He is recognized as the only winning Monkey in NASCAR History

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RveQ TIL the classic “Fedora-tipping Neckbeard” picture is of Jerry Messing, who was on the TV show Freaks and Geeks.
m1GDv TIL: between 1997 and 2007, 31 young people have died from digging holes in sand at the beach, after the hole collapsed sand on to them, suffocating them to death.
KYbJ4 TIL the Child Ballads - a collection of English and Scottish ballads - aren't named because they're intended for young audiences. They're named as such because they were collected into an anthology by folklorist Francis James Child.
kOZN7 TIL that the Vidocq Society - an elite global society of law enforcement professionals from numerous investigative, scientific and forensic specialties - will accept cold cases from law enforcement agencies and use their skills to help local police to solve the crimes on a pro bono basis.
78oJr TIL American sculptor Bob Cassilly, best known for creating the City Museum in St. Louis, was present when Laszlo Toth vandalized Michelangelo's Pietà in Italy. Cassilly struck Toth multiple times before pulling him away from the statue.