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TIL Freddie Mercury ended a potential collab with Michael Jackson because he felt uncomfortable with Jackson's pet llama in the studio.

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bOvZ TIL there is a couple in the US who have a 20 year-old child who has never aged physically or mentally past the toddler stage
N7LQN TIL of the Palm Dog Award, an award at the Cannes Film Festival given to the best canine performance.
VMZJ4 TIL if you cut down a cactus in Arizona, you’ll be penalized up to 25 years in jail.
nBXY TIL when Nadia Comaneci got a perfect ten for the first time in Olympic history, the scoreboard read “1.00” because the scoreboard manufacturer was told not to add a fourth digit place because “a perfect ten is not possible”
KWk6 TIL the Khasi people in southern India manipulate rubber tree roots to interweave and grow in a way to form living bridges across rivers. These living bridges increase in strength over time as the trees get bigger and can last hundreds of years and naturally survive the monsoon rains.