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TIL the original title of Hellraiser apparently was going to be "Sadomasochists From Beyond The Grave"

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nYDo TIL: that during the black death, several French cities ran out of places to bury the dead, so Pope Clement VI had to consecrate the entire Rhone River so that it could be considered holy ground and bodies could be thrown into it.
wL5oW TIL rumblestrutting is a guinea pig behavior in which they strut around each other shaking their butts low to emit a rumbling sound. It can sound a lot like purring, but it's part of their herd rituals to determine dominance
E1NkX TIL Handel composed Messiah in an interlude, somewhere between three and four weeks in August and September 1741. "He would literally write from morning to night". Mozart confessed himself to be humble in the face of Handel's genius
ADVd4 TIL the word “Kudos” isn’t plural. Or, it didn’t used to be. And I’m saying it wrong. And I’m not.
mxe1o TIL the wounded warrior project only gives 60% of their profits back, compared to their counter parts who donate 90%+