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TIL the 1st season of the kids show Courage the Cowardly Dog ended with the main character (Courage) becoming a puppeteer for his owners (the two main protagonists)'s lifeless bodies after they were turned into marionettes. He goes mentally insane from living alone after a while.

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7rDax TIL about the Vajont Dam Disaster. In 1963 after reporting numerous warning signs about the the risks of a landslide some journalists were sued by the goverment for "undermining the social order". A landslide eventually occurred causing an overflow and killing between 1,900 and 2,500 people
XnoR TIL Mozart had an older sister who was also an excellent musician.
9XP6 TIL: The average human poops $13 in precious metals per year
WGRY TIL Usain Bolt ate 100 Chicken McNuggets a day for 10 days before the Beijing Olympics and eventually winning 3 gold medals.
Aywl TIL there are Silent Discos out there, where there can be up to three different DJs spinning music at the same time, and everyone in the club can listen to any of the DJs through headphones. Observers without headphones would see a bunch of people dancing to silence.