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TIL that the band playing most of the songs on Michael Jackson's Thriller album was Toto.

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xdv1 TIL in 1997 a killer whale held a great white shark upside down for 15 minutes, causing it to suffocate, after which it ate only its liver.
RP78 TIL Rob McElhenney (who plays Mac) created and wrote the first episode of It’s Always Sunny after failing as an actor for 10 years
kORZe TIL in 1991 a youth group in Denmark wrote to Gorbachev of Russia to ask for a free submarine. He said yes, and 3 years later they received a massive 76 meter (250 ft) submarine.
4kBPN TIL automobile manufacturer Fiat sent 50,000 anonymous love letters to women in Spain in 1994 as part of a marketing campaign for the Fiat 500. Upon receiving the letters, some women became confused, anxious, scared, and/or wanted someone to escort them to work. Fiat ended up being sued and fined.
E11ZV TIL that the main turrets on a battleship like the USS Missouri would fall out if the ship were to capsize because the main turrets are not attached to the ship directly and are kept in place by their mass.