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TIL Barry Manilow did not write his hit song “I Write the Songs”

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Zp9xG TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint.
woKb7 TIL antivenom is made by injecting small amounts of venom into farm animals until they produce antibodies which are then extracted via drawing the animal’s blood.
9wyKp TIL Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, based off the prequel trilogy, released over a month before the third and final movie of the prequels, Revenge of the Sith, with a level based on clones disguised as jedi being based off an earlier script. This spoiled the film ending, although only in Lego grunts
AD0Pg TIL Beer was not considered alcohol in Russia until 2013.
69Grl TIL that no-one knows what the "H." stands for in "Jesus H. Christ". Some speculate it's "Harold", as in "Harold be thy name".