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TIL Jaguars have twice the bite strength of a tiger

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p0b TIL Clark Gable nearly boycotted the Atlanta premiere of Gone with the Wind because his African-American co-star Hattie McDaniel was not allowed to attend
454w TIL Carl Sagan wanted to include “Here Comes the Sun” on a message to aliens, but the record company was scared of extraterrestrial copyright infringement.
VMDa8 TIL that frequent pizza eaters in Italy have been found to have a relatively low incidence of cardiovascular disease and digestive tract cancers compared to infrequent pizza eaters
GD0j TIL in 1989, for April Fools’ Day, Virgin flew a UFO over London. When they landed, police “sent one lone policeman… across the field to greet the alien… A [character]…, dressed in an ET outfit, walked down the platform towards the bobby. He promptly turned and ran in the opposite direction!”
GYrGG TIL that in 1992, President George H.W. Bush had become so sick during a dinner that he vomited all over the Japanese PM’s lap.