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TIL an Arnold Palmer plus vodka is a John Daly.

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kOEo5 Today I learned that the scene in Dragonheart where they are training in castle ruins is actually Čachtice Castle a.k.a. Home to Countess Elizabeth Bàthory - the most prolific female serial killer who is rumored to bathe in virgin blood to retain her youth.
KYj89 TIL that Plymouth, Montserrat is the only De Jure capital city with a population of 0
VrrD TIL Canada’s longest running military operation involves firing artillery rounds at mountains to trigger avalanches.
6EXNJ TIL that the irrational feeling of wanting to jump off a high building or to swerve your car into a tree has a name - L'appel du vide (call of the void)
69LKl TIL about Walter Tetley, the voice actor who portrayed Leroy on The Great Gildersleeve in the 1940s-50s and Sherman on Rocky & Bullwinkle in the 1960s. It was rumored that his mother had had him 'fixed' before his voice changed