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TIL that Prince is a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and occasionally knocks on people’s doors to discuss his faith.

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D1GLJ TIL the crabs shown in the Noisestorm - Crab Rave music video actually do “dance” in real life as to release their eggs into the sea.
Y7L4Z TIL that in the battle of Changping between the state of Qin and Zhao during China's warring states period. After emerging victorious from the battle, Qin's commander - Bai Qi ordered his soldiers to massacre almost all of the Zhao's prisoners of war - some 400.000 of them.
b9KD7 TIL that the author of the Japanese horror novel, Battle Royale, had a nightmare where a teacher commanded him and the other students to kill each other. He vividly remembers the expression on his face and his own terror in the dream, which got him to write the book.
GYK4J TIL a fed up Jet Blue flight attendant announced his resignation over the PA system upon landing. He then grabbed 2 beers from a beverage cart and exited by deploying the plane’s emergency slide.
Lg9 TIL the FBI spent 30 months investigating the song Louie, Louie because the lyrics were thought to be dirty. Agents listened to the record at different speeds, interviewed band members, and even researched analyses made by teenagers who claimed to know the song’s “true meaning.”