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TIL Ted Danson wears a toupee when filming.

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5MKB TIL that in the 60s, most people used just one Alka-Seltzer tablet at a time. They created the popular “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz” jingle to encourage people to use two tablets — sales nearly doubled.
BDLD TIL when Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded, the first blow missed her neck and struck the back of her head. The second blow severed the neck, except for a bit of sinew which was cut by hand. When the executioner held her head aloft, the hair turned out to be a wig and the head fell to the ground.
pPmZ TIL that PB&J sandwiches were originally considered a delicacy, only enjoyed by those of the upper class.
ADdjo TIL that the definition of murder in German law has not actually changed since the Nazi era: the current definition was written in 1941 by Hitler's hanging judge, Roland Freisler
l771V TIL the Torrent duck lives on fast-flowing mountain rivers and whitewater rapids. The ducks nest in rocky coves next to the waterfalls, and the, very buoyant, ducklings quickly figure out to avoid flowing downstream by resting in the eddies in front of boulders.