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TIL that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made nearly 200 million dollars from Book of Mormon, approximately 19 million per month, which was enough money to start their own production company.

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b9Kvj TIL about the "Dorset Biological Warfare Experiments" which involved spraying South Dorset (UK) with various chemicals and bacteria, without the knowledge or consent of the inhabitants. The experiments took place in the 60's and 70's to see how much spread could occur from one aircraft. Answer: lots
MekvV TIL that Jimi Hendrix' Electric Ladyland, The Beatles' White Album, The Kinks' Village Green, and The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet were all released within a span of less than two months
OorKg TIL that as Drone Bees mate with Queen Bees mid-flight, all blood in the Drone's body rushes to his endophallus causing him to lose control of his body. After inseminating the queen, his body falls to the ground leaving part of his endophallus in the queen.
eKWD TIL in Battle of Saragarhi in 1897, 21 Sikhs soldiers of the then British Indian army fought 10000 Afghan tribal and killed over 600 of then before they were cut down to the last man
Yp5vd TIL of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the longest-lived British princess by descent, and the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. She lived through six reigns- those of Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II. She died in 1981, aged 97.