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TIL: Gray seals are known to engage in cannibalism

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v1NvK TIL: Doc Severinson, the musical director of the Tonight Show for 30 years, started performing professionally in 1946. He is still actively touring at 92.
oBXnE TIL Bowie lured unknown Stevie Ray Vaughn to play on his '83 album "Let's Dance" by dangling an opening act on tour. However, after recording, Vaughn was relegated to backup musician and wouldn't be allowed to talk about his music. So, he quit, released "Texas Flood", and became a superstar instead.
EgZDP TIL San Francisco allows people to park in the middle of the road ("the median") on Sundays on certain streets. For many years, law enforcement gave the blind eye to the practice in the name of ‘parking for God’ so people can go to church, it became permissible by law officially in 2018.
WkJEN TIL that the common misconception that 'The Hindu Pantheon is believed to have 330 million gods' arose from a simple misinterpretation of an old Sanskrit scripture, For the words 'trayastrimsa koti' which was confused between '33 supreme souls' and '33 crores' (330 million)
bn4E TIL a company was making a pill that prevented ejaculations but kept orgasms and helped prevent HIV but development is in hiatus bc of lack of funds