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TIL Richard Dawson (original host of Family Feud) was asked by producers to quit kissing women. He asked the audience to mail in what they wanted, 704 were against the kissing, and 14,600 wanted him to continue.

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rNKVw TIL that Beatles drummer Richard Starkey got this nickname Ringo Starr because of his fondness for wearing a lot of rings and for referring to his drum solos as "Starr Time".
yQAda TIL that the popular idiom “over and out” commonly used in films, is absolute nonsense in actual radio communications as it is a paradox; “over” means you want a reply and “out” means you do not expect a reply.
PYmVw TIL about the Irukandji jellyfish, a small and venomous jellyfish, that lives off the Australian coast. A sting, which initially feels like a mosquito bite, escalates to "Irukandji Syndrome", causing pain, cramping, headaches, vomiting, anxiety, and an impending sense of doom.
E1y1V TIL that Animal Planet made a video, showing what would it looked like, if people mated like angler fish.
wopNY TIL Julius Schmid arrived in NYC as a penniless, partially paralyzed German immigrant. He got a job at a sausage maker where he started selling the leftover animal intestines as condoms. He grew this into a multi-million dollar business eventually being named "the undisputed king of condoms".