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TIL Liza Minnelli is Judy Garland's daughter

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LQ6Nd TIL that male whales produce a complex song lasting 10 to 20 minutes, which they repeat for hours at a time. All the males in a group will produce the same song, which is different each season. Its purpose is not clear, though it may help induce estrus in females.
Y7Wgx TIL that legendary rock drummer Ginger Baker unsuccessfully auditioned for a "Weird Al" Yankovic film(titled UHF)
gMX09 TIL A man created a fake restaurant on TripAdvisor and asked around for good reviews. Eventually, the fake restaurant was the #1 restaurant in London, and was being called up 100s of times daily for bookings. For a day, the man set up a “cafe” in his backyard and served frozen food to rave reviews.
lL17 TIL The Holocaust memorial in Berlin in coated with a special anti-graffiti chemical. The company that produced this chemical was the same company that produced Zyklon B during the war.
5YwRQ TIL that the gun Vincent van Gogh used to shoot himself with was recently sold for €162,500 (£144,000; $182,000), almost three times more than expected. It was billeted as "the most famous weapon in art history".