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TIL the sea monsters on maps were originally put there to indicate that it was uncharted.

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grv84 TIL Jimmy Buffett had to sue two entities for the right to open Margaritaville in Key West as they had copywrited the title and a woman in Hawaii copywrited Cheeseburger in Paradise. He had to fight to get the rights to the song he wrote.
R719w TIL that horses from a breed called the 'Gypsy Vanner', no matter the sex, can grow a fancy mustache.
jGlQ TIL of “Phantom Vibration Syndrome” where a person perceives a vibration from their device when, in fact, it’s not doing so and may not even be in the vicinity.
78gYM TIL that a woman obeying voices telling her to kill drove her car into a crowd in downtown Reno on Thanksgiving Day in 1980, killing 6 and injuring 23 others.
N8A6 TIL after the success of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, NBC produced a Ferris Bueller sitcom. It was cancelled after one season.