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TIL that when cemetery workers were exhuming John Belushi's grave, the bottom of the casket gave out due to water damage, causing his corpse to fall back into the grave.

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7ndM TIL Nicaragua once invaded Costa Rica because of a Google Maps Error
41na TIL Tim Roth refused to audition for Reservoir Dogs & told Tarantino “just watch my past work.” Tarantino gave him the part while drunk, but later watched Roth’s last film, in which he said Tim Roth “was awful! He was the worst!”
Oo9j1 TIL the cloth of gold cone (Conus textile) is a venomous species of sea snail capable of severely stinging humans, and several deaths have been attributed to this marine gastropod. The snail's proboscis holds the harpoon-like, radular tooth which is responsible for injecting conotoxin into its prey.
69XKw TIL about Ota Benga, an indigenous Mbuti who was featured at a 1904 human zoo (Louisiana Purchase Exposition). There he was kept, caged, with an orangutan as an attempt to ridicule Darwinism. He was given a bow and arrow so as to "enhance the primitive image".
R5oj TIL that Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Totoro) was set to animate the Little Nemo movie, but left the project. This amazing test pilot still exists, though!