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TIL Ozzy Osbourne thought Spinal Tap was a real documentary after watching it.

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vo0D TIL Matthew McConaughey’s father died while having sex with his mother and she insisted that he be carried out of the house naked after he was pronounced dead because as she puts it “I was just so proud to show off my big old Jim McConaughey — and his gift.”
VM8EG TIL Pomeranian dogs love to spin. When they get super excited they enter a spinning spree, not unlike a tornado. They don’t get dizzy and can spin an incredible amount of times in rapid succession.
yVGaV TIL that 40% of the population of Deerfield, Massachusetts, was kidnapped in 1704, mostly women and children.
dDWLB TIL that a Blink Comparator is a mechanical device for visually comparing two similar images. In 1930, it was instrumental in the discovery of Pluto.
N7rZM TIL that in Germany, it is illegal to kill any animal that is a vertebrate "without proper reason" like the animal being ill or a danger to humans. Because of this, all German animal shelters are no-kill.