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TIL Blazing Saddles marks the first time a fart recording had been used in cinema

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kQy7 TIL that Marilyn Manson had a designated driver take a girl home from a house party. She got home, got in her own vehicle, and was killed on her way back to the party.
9wb0X TIL a UC Davis student committed suicide because he was worried that he wouldn't get into graduate school
jNwOX TIL that cats who fall from heights lower than six stories and survive usually have greater injuries than cats who fall from heights higher than six stories and survive. This is because their terminal velocity is reached at around five stories, after which they will instinctively relax.
b9OjE TIL, the most successful hunter among apex predators is the African wild dog, with greater than 60% of their chases ending in a kill, which is much higher than that of a lion (27-30%) and hyena (25-30%)
wopx1 TIL that in 1671, a man named François Vatel was in charge of a 2000-person banquet to be held in the honor of Louis XIV. Vatel became distraught after a delivery of seafood was late, driving him to take his own life by running himself through his sword.