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TIL the see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, and speak-no-evil monkeys have names: Mizaru, Mikazaru, and Mazaru.

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QNn16 TIL in the 1950s, the CIA exploited Filipino vampire myths to instill fear in villages, killing a man, marking him with bite wounds, and hanging him upside down. This was part of efforts to help elect Ramon Magsaysay, a U.S. backed president.
Z8WJY TIL That J Ralph, first composer in the history of the Oscars to have received multiple nominations for Best Original song that originated from documentaries, can neither read nor write music (notation)
Lke4v TIL in 2018 a 75-year-old British man pooped into a container for six to eight weeks, built a homemade pump, drove 200 miles to his former friend's house and used the pump to spray the poo all over the hallway and stairs through the mailbox.
Po1E TIL that during WWII, Bicycle playing cards were made so that, when submerged in water, they could be peeled apart to reveal parts of a map inside. These decks were given to POWs, so that if they escaped, they could assemble a full map out of the cards.
B7Rd TIL that theres a genre of music called “black midi” which consists of millions of notes, and is impossible to play without a high performance computer. The name comes from the fact that the sheet music of this is literally black from there being so many notes so close together.