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TIL studies done on animal shelters around holidays found no spikes in returned or abandoned puppies after the holidays. The ASPCA now call this a "myth" and actively encourages people to adopt shelter animals as Christmas gifts

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GYMP4 TIL when drummer Vinny Appice joined Black Sabbath, he had to learn their songs on stage, using hastily written notes when playing unfamiliar songs. During one of the shows, a rainstorm made the ink run on Appice's notes
kOnL5 TIL as late as 2018 an 26 year old American missionary illegally attempted to christianize an isolated tribe living on an island of the indian ocean, and was killed shortly after landing. His body was not retrieved and no legal charges were pursued.
VbpZ TIL that in 1995, the UN and the World Health Organization published a study that said “that occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems.” Publication was discontinued to threats from the USA representative to withdraw funding.
gEML TIL that when author George R. R. Martin was a kid, he wrote stories about a mythical kingdom populated by his pet turtles; the turtles died frequently in their toy castle, so he finally decided they were killing each other off in “sinister plots”.
XX4E TIL to find interstellar life, one of the things astronomers look out for is a Dyson Sphere, a power plant which harnesses the power of its solar system’s sun by surrounding it with solar panels. It is theorized to be a logical necessity for a spacefaring civilization to sustain intergalactic travel