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TIL Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated a book for adults featuring ample female nudity. “I attempted to draw the sexiest babes I could, but they came out looking absurd.”

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mvNx TIL In Qatar there is a sport called Robot Camel Racing where robots are placed on top of the camels are operated by a joystick, using the right hand to crack whips and the left to pull on the reins. by law they are the only jockeys allowed in Qatar.
8aKQP TIL about the movie "Monster Dog", Alice Cooper's first project after leaving rehab in 1986. It was directed by Claudio Fragasso, who is known for directing the "best worst film of all time", Troll 2
8aVQ4 TIL that Dragonflies are older than dinosaurs and used to have a wingspan of 2.5 feet
p8RNZ TIL: The Beethoven family is not German, but Belgian. The grandfather was a talented singer and later became music master (Kapelmeister) at the Court of Bonn. His talents jumped a generation to manifest in the grandson, who had the same name as the grandfather: Ludwig van Beethoven!
ADQM7 TIL of Rick Rescorla, director of security for Morgan Stanley and tenant of the World Trade Center south tower, helped to evacuate all but 13, including himself, of the company's 2,687 employees before the tower's collapse.