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TIL The "Werewolf Diet," which involves fasting according to lunar phases, particularly during full moons, under the belief that it can aid in weight loss and detoxification.

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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
XEBWD TIL the University of Cambridge was founded when a group of students defected from Oxford after three Oxford scholars were hanged in connection with murder.
yQN1e TIL of the PUPPERS Act, which protects dogs from inhumane experimentation.
wLyX6 TIL The novel/film "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" was based on a true story. It was based on the murder of school teacher Roseann Quinn in 1973. She was stabbed 18 times by a man she met that night at a bar and brought home. When he was finally caught he hung himself in jail.
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