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TIL Tycho Brahe had a tame elk. It died by drinking too much beer at a dinner and falling down some stairs.

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n1Ob TIL Dolly Parton once entered a Dolly Parton Look-A-Like contest for Drag Queens, and lost.
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BrrBb TIL of film director "Uwe Boll", who challenged the five harshest critics of his films, to boxing matches. He fought and won against all five critics (video of fights in comments). Boll's invitations were also open to film directors Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary.