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TIL that in 2010, an 18-year-old Indonesian man was found having sex with a cow, who he claimed flirted with him. In order to cleanse the village of the act of bestiality, the man was forced to ritually marry the cow. The cow was then drowned in the ocean, and the man was also symbolically drowned

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OGkJ4 TIL that Pink Floyd’s The Wall is designed as an endless loop. The final track, “Outside the Wall,” ends with “Isn’t this where...”, and the album starts with “... we came in?” continuing the last song’s melody, highlighting the cyclical theme of Water’s concept.
BrwQW TIL that Julie Andrews was married to Tony Walton, who she helped get hired by Walt Disney as the set and costume designer for Mary Poppins. Childhood sweethearts, they divorced in 1967 but are still lifelong friends.
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