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And why does it go in your arm instead of your butt?

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GYx0J TIL that in 2007, Monty Python members Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam led a group of 5,567 people to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest coconut orchestra. They played "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life."
M7E0B TIL 5.3% (over 3 million) annual deaths are due to alcohol and drug use
8eJb TIL that there is a town in Spain where 700 people are descended from 17th century samurai who stayed there after an embassy returned to Japan. They have the surname “Japón”, which was originally “Hasekura de Japón”
Wkpxo TIL that a woman once jumped from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building but only fell one story before a freak gust of wind swept her onto a ledge. She was rescued shortly after.
rgAM TIL: President James A. Garfield’s killer Charles J. Guiteau bought a revolver with an Ivory grip over a cheaper wooden grip because he thought it would look better as a museum piece after the Assassination.