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TIL the Rocky Horror Picture Show is the longest-running film in histroy

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WkEB8 TIL that in the 17th century, choir boys as young as eight years old would be castrated in order to preserve their pre-pubescent "angel voices"
x6Z8b TIL that in Macau, the only city in China where casino gambling is legal, the game of baccarat is so incredibly popular that the tax levied on baccarat play is the city's largest source of revenue.
8aO9K TIL "Oviparous" refers to egg-laying animals, and "viviparous" refers to animals that give birth to live young. "Ovoviviparous" refers to a hybrid-style where eggs remain inside the mother where they hatch internally and babies come out alive.
LQL7d TIL that Saltwater Swimming Pools aren't very salty and that there is a widespread misconception that they do not use chlorine. In fact, saltwater pool water is only mildly salty (barely taste-able) and has similar chlorine levels as a regular chlorinated pool.
DQDlV TIL Tossing Puffin Chicks off of a cliff in Iceland is vital to the survival of the species