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TIL that the song "Freaking Out the Neighborhood" by Mac Demarco is an apology to his mother for putting drumsticks up his ass

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BgxZb TIL that when the code-breakers at Bletchley Park were short of cribs, they would ask the RAF to mine specific areas of the North Sea, so that they could look for the name of the area and the word “mine” in subsequent German naval reports. This was known as “Gardening”.
Wkyp8 TIL Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, was caught cheating by his wife. He attempted to escape by jumping out the window, but hit his head on the curb when he landed, giving him a permanent scar above his eye.
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VMlr4 TIL of Tommy "Karate" Pitera. A hitman for the Bonanno crime family. He spent 27 months in Japan studying martial arts and weapons training along with further educating in human biology and dissection. Suspected on up to 60 murders, he often kept souvenirs from his victims.