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TIL Feudal Japan thought a mythical catfish that lived deep in the earth was the cause of earthquakes and other natural disasters.

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WGgB TIL that in 1982, while wearing his future wife Sharon’s dress, Ozzy Osbourne drunkenly urinated on a cenotaph erected in honour of those who died at the Alamo in Texas. He was arrested and subsequently banned from the city of San Antonio for 10 years.
GkRJ TIL that actor Jonathan Goldsmith, who portrays the most interesting man in the world in the Dos Equis commercials, lives on a 50-foot Beneteau sailboat in Marina del Rey.
v1VjD TIL: There is no such thing as a Michelin Star chef. The rating is rewarded to the restaurant, encorporates more than food quality, and if a chef is to leave or be replaced he does not take the rating with him.
LQRQ TIL The Space Age is 55 years old today. On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1.
p7Jb TIL Mr Snuffleupagus was revealed to the adults on Sesame Street in 1985. The writers wanted children to have confidence that adults would believe them, making children less likely to hide sexual assaults.