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TIL Homosexual black swans form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs and then drive them away.

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nWvDP TIL that as revenge for Oscar Wilde being in a relationship with his son, The Marquess Of Queensbury planned to present Wilde with a bouquet of rotten vegetables at the opening night of The Importance Of Being Earnest, Wilde’s hit play. But Wilde was tipped off and stopped Queensbury getting inside.
eppbk TIL that English helicopter magnate Alan Bristow once called double amputee war-hero Douglas Bader a 'tin-legged git' and threw him into a swimming pool. He also invented a waterbed for cows.
e0dOL TIL The American Revolution happened during a Smallpox epidemic. George Washington was a Smallpox survivor.
j66rM TIL that in the operatic song in The Fifth Element, composer Eric Sierra "purposely wrote un-singable things" so she’d sound like an alien. When opera singer Inva Muls came for the part, "she sang 85% of what [Eric] thought was technically impossible", the rest being assembled in the studio.
pmV4 TIL The creators of South Park only start making a new episode 6 days prior to the episode’s air date. In 17 seasons, they have only missed the deadline once, when South Park Studios lost power.