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TIL that Love Stinks from The Wedding Singer was a cover of an actual 80s song

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E1OxX TIL that the whole idea that fish don’t have long-term memories and aren’t very smart in general is plain wrong. In the contrary, fish are actually very intelligent creatures, can remember whole neighborhoods, some use tools like we do and can even do the math.
Bvkd TIL that many toothpastes contain small plastic beads which may lodge in the gums, are likely harmful to the environment, and are included in toothpaste for decorative purposes only
PYKdG TIL: England use to have a public holiday known as 'Pinch Bum Day' (officially Oak Apple Day). On the anniversary of the restoration of King (1660) it was customary to wear oak leaves, anyone who failed to do so risked getting pinched, pelted with eggs or thrashed with stinging nettles.
grWMA TIL Zoo´s have an instant kill list in case of a mass escape. At the top of the list is the Chimpanzee, because they are known to hunt other primates.
pY1MZ TIL that in 1974, the Buffalo Sabres drafted a fake Japanese player named Taro Tsujimoto as a hoax to protest the NHL’s draft procedure.