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TIL That President Garfield was assassinated by a man who was turned down multiple times for a position in the Presidents administration

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8ePma TIL that the famous "Here's Johnny" line from The Shining was copied from The Johnny Carson Show. Jack Nicholson improvised the line and Stanley Kubrick almost used a different take as he didn't get the reference, having been living in England
XE8k8 TIL the song "Mah Na Mah Na" later sung by Muppets on Sesame Street was originally the theme to the Italian mondo film "Sweden: Heaven and Hell" about sexuality in Sweden including "lesbian nightclubs, porn films," and "the swinging lifestyle of married couples"
NXZL1 TIL that little extra flap of skin that some dogs and most cats have on their ears is called a Henry's pocket
wLPLP TIL that ancient Hawaii had no native pottery due to a lack of suitable clay
KmwQ TIL a 12-year-old Ethiopian girl was snatched by four men on her way home from school. A week later, three lions encountered the group and chased the men off. The lions stayed with the girl without harming her, before departing as police searching for her came near