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TIL that the muscular fish found frequently in Spongebob is actually supposed to be a goldfish…and is named Frank.

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6EoXY TIL that in 1935 a recently caught tiger shark at a Sydney aquarium regurgitated a human arm. The police were able to identify the owner of the arm and launch a murder investigation.
OogAg TIL The lack of an Oxford Comma in Maine state law cost Oakhurst Dairy $10 million in overtime pay for its drivers.
VXrD TIL that Voltaire, who was strongly against the Christian church, was asked by a priest to renounce Satan while on his deathbed. His response: “Now is not the time for making new enemies.”
m1YAp TIL Jacobo Pazzi was hanged next to a rotting corpse, then was buried, dug up and thrown in a ditch, then dragged through the streets, propped at the door of his palace with his head used as a doorknob, thrown in a river, fished out by children, hanged again, flogged and thrown back in the river