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TIL an Indonesian pop star died on stage earlier this year after she was bitten by the snake she was dancing with - she kept performing for 45 minutes before succumbing to the cobra’s venom

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x7R7 TIL the barking sounds heard at the beginning of Jane’s Addiction’s single “Been Caught Stealing” was the result of singer Perry Farrell’s dog in the vocal booth. He and his dog ran around the room and the dog started barking inside.
Wkred TIL that Bill Nye's family has a history of a neurological disorder called ataxia and the reason he decided not to have kids was to avoid passing down the condition to them.
1NeP TIL in 1968, having deemed 11 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons too politically incorrect to air, United Artists withheld them from syndication. The “Censored 11” haven’t aired on TV since, but clips have crept online, giving today’s audiences a window into cringeworthy racist stereotypes.
xJlg TIL that a Super Pershing tank, one of only two ever built, met and destroyed a King Tiger (Tiger II) in WWII
woeJ1 TIL of Lazarus and Joannes Baptista Colloredo, Italian conjoined twins who toured freak shows in 17th-century Europe. As reported by Henri Sauval, Lazarus was sentenced to death for killing a man, but averted the execution by pointing out that this would also kill his innocent twin brother.