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TIL the Catholic Church does not believe in "doggie heaven".

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BrZND TIL Frank Zappa's 1969 album Hot Rats was one of the first albums to use a 16 track recorder, and among the first to record drums on multiple tracks, giving stereo drums, all of which helped achieve outstanding technical quality.
69gEJ TIL Susan Backlinie the actress who played the 1st shark attack victim in the movie Jaws, wasnt actually injured by the harness as was heavily rumoured to be the reason for her realistic screams in fact it was due to being shocked after intentionally not being warned when she would start to be moved
ReDj TIL that an island in the Pacific worships an American pilot as a deity after his plane crashed on the island in the 1930s. They believe he lives in a volcano on the island and will one day shower them with riches.
WB4o TIL of Medal of Honor recipient, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez. He had 37 puncture wounds, exposed intestine, broken jaw, and eyes caked in blood. He was pronounced dead until he spit in the face of a doctor who was zipping him up in a body bag.
WkEKB TIL Bette Graham became a typist to support herself and her son Michael in 1951. She was a poor typist and invented a white tempera paint to cover her mistakes. This led to her business Liquid Paper Co. which she sold 25 years later for $48 million. Michael went on to become a member of The Monkees