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TIL American Pharoah is a fifth generation Decendant of Secretariat

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QDM9 TIL Booger’s super long belch in “Revenge of the Nerds” is actually the sound of a camel climaxing.
xDvk TIL in 1961, the captain of a ship named “Bluebelle” killed all its passengers except a young girl who he left for dead in the ship he scuttled, the girl was able to escape and drifted for four days on sea before rescued, the captain later committed suicide upon learning of her survival.
OEYR TIL At 26 locations across Canada, 35,046 German soldiers, sailors, airmen and potential insurgents were incarcerated under a program one later called “the best thing that happened to me.” A estimate 6,000 wanted to stay in Canada after the War.
gMGx7 TIL there is a little known island in New York City called Hart Island that has been used as a burial ground for poor or unidentified people for decades, and in 2012 Hurricane Sandy's heavy storm surge tore at its shore revealing hundreds of human bones.
R5kn6 TIL prolific necrophiliac Karen Greenlee stole a hearse and had sex with the corpse it contained. California did not have laws against necrophilia at the time, so she was only given a $250 fine and 11 days in jail for stealing the hearse.