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TIL Ozzy Osbourne possesses genetic mutations “never before seen”

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dnlr TIL that “2009 tuna samples from sushi restaurants in New York City” showed that 5/9 restaurants were serving Escolar, a fish banned in Japan for its toxicity since 1977.
QNnrd TIL that they were giant mega-penguins. They were the size and the weight of a full-grown man.
Jpo8 TIL in 1964, riots broke out in North Philadelphia over a false rumor that police beat a pregnant black woman to death. Over 200 businesses were looted or destroyed. Most of those businesses never returned, which lead to much of North Philadelphia turning into the crime-ridden slum we see today.
OooYe TIL that the Soviet Union's economy was planned via the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, or "COMECON" -- pronounced as "COMMIE-CON"
NvEP TIL that in 1894, the London Times predicted that London would be under nine feet of horse manure by 1950