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TIL Babirusa tusks can grow so large that they impale their own skulls, eventually killing themselves.

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VMK9B TIL in late 18th Century France a performing bear who became popular was discovered to be an Irish fisherman sewn into a bear costume.
nYrY TIL Harris Rosen, a man that helped Disney launch The Contemporary and The Polynesian hotels was fired right after the projects because he wasn’t a “company man.” He went on to create a scholarship fund for his city with 11MM of his own funds. Crime rates have plummeted and graduation rates soared.
kJLEm TIL that there is a comic where Marvel villain Thanos tortures a man named David every year on his birthday by visiting him and ruining his day somehow. This is for no reason other than to inflict pain and suffering on a personal level, and David was chosen at random.
dDQ7r TIL that a Frozen Charlotte is an inexpensive small china or bisque doll (c.1850–1920) that was popular in the Victorian era. Named after a ballad about a girl who froze to death on a sleigh ride, they were sometimes hidden in Christmas puddings and the smaller ones were popular for doll’s houses.
opGL TIL that Bob Marley’s wife, Rita, was shot in the head during his attempted assassination. However, she had dreadlocks so thick, they saved her life.