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TIL: In 2009 the city council of Madison, WI voted to make the plastic lawn flamingo the city’s offical bird

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ADV9B TIL: In May of 2012, a U.S. nuclear sub was damaged beyond repair by fire. Investigators eventually discovered that a sailor had set the fire to "get out of work early." He was sentenced to 17 years in prison and ordered to pay $400 million to replace the sub.
L9oP TIL A teacher who sexually abused a student and forced her to take nude photos was caught after a janitor cleaning his classroom found a DVD. It was labeled 300 and he mistook it for the action film of the same name. He put the disk into a DVD player to watch it and discovered the naked photos.
7rJ4r TIL actress Anne Ramsey - better known as Mama Fratelli in "The Goonies" and Mrs. Lift in "Throw Momma From The Train" - had a famously unique speech slur left over after surgery from esophageal cancer in 1984. That cancer would later return in 1988, and was the ultimate cause of her passing
oBLno TIL that during Prohibition doctors were able to prescribe medicinal alcohol for their patients.
9YlOQ TIL the Anal Sampling Mechanism is a reflex which detects the contents of the rectal vault and allows for voluntary flatulation to occur without unexpected voiding of feces.