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TIL after making some anti-Semitic comments, Lou Reed was asked if he was Jewish, to which he replied: “Of course, aren’t all the best people?” However, when asked by journalist Lester Bangs about how his songs relate to being Jewish, Reed contrarily answered that he didn’t know any Jewish people.

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x6P7b TIL of Irene of Athens (750-803 CE), the first sole-ruling empress in Roman history. Her husband the emperor having died, she had her son's eyes gouged, and him imprisoned, becoming sole ruler for 5 years, when she was exiled to the island of Lesbos and forced to support herself by spinning wool.
p85nO TIL the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) is one of the very few venomous mammals capable of actually injecting its venom like a snake through specially modified teeth. The second lower incisors have special grooves through which venom flows. The venom can kill mice in 2 to 6 minutes.
eobL TIL Peter Cetara forgot his own name when he first met Paul McCartney. He said to himself “I’m just gonna go up to him and tell him how much I like his music.” And he walked up to him and said “Hi Paul, my name is …” Fortunately McCartney replied “I know, you’re Peter Cetera, how are you mate?”
xV7bD TIL that two brothers painstakingly hand made a large collection of Pokemon cards because they were too poor to buy them.
RYn4 TIL baby spit backwashes into the breast during breastfeeding so the mother’s body can adjust the breastmilk composition based on the baby’s health