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TIL Skip Holtz, son of legendary NCAA Coach Lout Holtz and current La Tech Head football coach wrote the script for 'The Cable Guy'

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x6vBo TIL that healthy guinea pigs excrete at least 50 faecal pellets a day.
XE51D TIL spiked dog collars don't only "look cool", they originated from actual sharp spiked wolf collars used to protect shepherd dogs from wolf attaks.
DaD TIL: Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel” was originally an unfinished song by Bob Dylan
djrZ TIL Nepal airlines, having one of the worst safety records in the world, once sacrificed goats to fix technical problems with one of their aircraft.
E1KlW TIL the Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura) gets its name from Telegu meaning "small bird" and it is called Arumani kuruvi or 6 o'clock bird in Tamil. It has a distinctive two note whistling call which is heard around 6AM and around 6PM. During migrations, the bird occasionally flies into people's homes.