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TIL that Fats Waller, jazz musician, was kidnapped by four armed men and forced to play the piano during a huge party ; he later realized he was playing for Al Capone’s birthday, who absolutely loved his music. Some say he played for three days, and went back home with a tip of thousands of dollar.

Ml0W TIL The Catholic Church considers the Theory of Evolution to be “virtually certain”, and believes that intelligent design “isn’t science even though it pretends to be.”
OG701 TIL about Pocho, a crocodile in Costa Rica who, after being found nearly dead from a gunshot, was nursed back to health by local fisherman Gilberto "Chito" Shedden. They developed an extraordinary friendship, swimming and performing together for two decades until Pocho's death in 2011.
orOr TIL that as a youth, George R.R Martin wrote stories about a mythical kingdom in which his pet turtles resided; he decided, since the turtles frequently died in their toy castle, that they were the victims of “sinister plots” designed by the others. Game of Turtles, indeed.
epWNJ TIL that a Milkshake Duck is a person who gains popularity on social media for some positive or charming trait but is later revealed to have a distasteful history or to engage in offensive behavior.
DJ0J TIL people originally used bread to erase pencil marks. In 1770, Edward Naine accidentally picked up a piece of rubber and found it to be very effective at erasing pencil marks, which prompted him to begin selling rubber erasers. Erasers exist to correct mistakes, and was invented because of one.