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TIL Bugs Bunny is actually enlisted as a US Marine complete with dog-tags and registration papers and retired as a Master Sergeant.

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E1y9W TIL Joshua Trees are in the same taxonomic family as Asparagus and are therefore related
5MEP TIL a massive, deadly gas explosion in a Harlem piano shop sent pianos flying across the store, surrounding the technician who lived there in a protective “cocoon” as the five-story building collapsed. He walked away with only a scratch.
V8LG TIL that the song “I put a spell on you” by screamin’ Jay Hawkins was originally meant to be a ballad but he got really drunk and started screanin and groaning. In fact, he got so drunk that he couldn’t remember what he had donde and had to relearn the song listening to the recording.
nNn9 TIL Gili Trawangan, a small mainly Muslim Island that is harsh on alcohol, openly and legally sells and consumes Magic Mushrooms on a regular basis in Milkshakes and eaten like potato chips
Newe TIL that the London Underground has its own resident species of highly aggressive mosquito.