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TIL That Bill O’Reilly used to beat his wife.

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8e8Z8 TIL that the word "fascinate" derives from the ancient Roman practice of using a representation of the divine penis (a fascinare) to perform magic.
b6GGZ TIL that sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift apart.
wL6b7 TIL that Danone, the company known for yoghurt, has its own exclusive probiotic strain that it uses in it’s products.
vPYBD TIL that in the 1970 film Waterloo, to recreate the battle sequences, production hired 17,000 members of the Soviet Army and trained them in 1815 battle formations.
Wk8BN TIL Mt. Rainier is rated one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. It is on the list of the World's 16 "Decade Volcanoes", so-called due to their history of large, destructive eruptions and proximity to densely populated areas, threatening tens or hundreds of thousands of people.