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TIL that Ozzy Osbourne has survived decades of drug and alcohol abuse because he has several genetic mutations “we’ve never seen before” that help him party hard.

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GmPE TIL: President Ford was saved from assassination by a ‘closeted’ solider who the press outed as gay. Despite this being controversial in 1975, Ford publicly thanked the soldier who was estranged from his parents until Ford so publicly supported him.
ZDlQ TIL that several times in the Batman series, the Joker has become temporarily sane. In these brief moments, he has expressed extreme regret for his actions (Also he has killed over 2,000 people)
J1A98 TIL that there was an official national anthem of Qing China
rNJbW TIL that 0.8% of the population is unable to form visual mental images, per a 2022 study.
VMKE0 TIL that audience participation became an integral part of The Rocky Horror Picture Show after an audience member by the name of Louis Farese, Jr. began making snarky comments during a 1976 screening of the film.