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TIL the first balloons were made out of animal bladders and “balloon animals” were made out of animal intestines

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XY0r TIL Every pawn on a chess board was given the name of a commoner’s occupation like Gambler, Innkeeper, etc.
Mej5m TIL Psy, famous for Gangnam Style, stayed up late for about 30 nights to come up with the dance. He had tested various "cheesy" animal-inspired dance moves with his choreographer, including panda and kangaroo moves, before settling for the horse trot, which involves pretending to ride a horse.
4knYJ TIL of the Shakahola Forest Cult which directed over 300 members to starve themselves to death to meet jesus
rRWme TIL about Roselle, a seeing-eye dog that led her blind owner, Michael Hingson, down 1,463 steps from the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Dog and owner exited just before the South Tower collapsed, and both survived.
GAK01 TIL cats can't actually see in the dark. They just capture more light, which make their night vision about 8 times better than ours. Though in pitch black a cat won't see anything!