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TIL that astronaut Alan Shepard peed himself minutes before becoming the first American in space.

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oRRVK TIL that a Canadian politician got expelled from her party for stomping and performing voodoo on a Bush doll in a "22 Minutes" segment.
R7DYj TIL about the Bonnacon, a medieval mythical beast that had curling horns and a mane and took down enemies with a jet of caustic feces.
78eOx TIL about the Oncorhynchus rastrosus, also known as the saber-toothed salmon, an extinct species of salmon. Members of this species had a pair of small "fangs" protruding from the tip of the snout
Zp5dQ TIL that both Michael Jackson & Rihanna got sued for the use of the sample "Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa" in their songs "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin" & "Please Don't Stop the Music" respectively, a hook inspired by Cameroonian singer Manu Dibango in his 1972 song "Soul Makossa".
a8OLM Today I learned that Disneyland used to have a "land" called Holidayland. It opened in 1957, but was so unsuccessful that it closed less than five years later. It has since been replaced by New Orleans Square, home of Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion.