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TIL that Beavis & Butthead are part of the Marvel Comic Universe under the Marvel Absurd banner.

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b6XKj TIL that Toyota applied for 273 patents per week on average over a 20 year period
N79WN TIL: After British colonists killed off the entirety of the Tasmanian Aboriginal natives in a matter of ~60 years, the last full-blooded Tasmanian male's body was dug up by a surgeon (who had already mutilated the corpse in the hospital previously) can take skin off the body to make a tobacco pouch.
Y71AA TIL A group of raccoons is called a Gaze.