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TIL owls make almost no noise from flying, even when tested in a room with multiple microphones

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LQ6XZ TIL following the success of the National Lampoon's Animal House, Mad magazine lent its name to the comedy film, Up the Academy but it was such a commercial and critical failure that Mad arranged for all references to the magazine to be removed from future TV and video releases of the film.
E8P7 TIL Uganda once had a bisexual king who would demand sex from his male subjects. If they refused, they would be executed.
MeLDW TIL that Dr. Seuss used to make Unorthodox Taxidermy of his mythical creatures
pY5yZ TIL of the Great Lego Spill - In 1997 a rogue wave caused a cargo ship to spill 4.8 million Lego pieces into the ocean, many are still being found today
RPwj TIL The US built a gigantic concrete dome to cover up one of its nuclear test craters