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TIL mussels, which you eat, start out life as parasites

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KYj7G TIL that JRR Tolkien disliked the title of “The Two Towers” and changed his mind several times about which towers the title referred to. There are actually five towers relevant to the story.
e06ED TIL a male grey wolf, dubbed OR-7 or Journey, migrated more then 1000 miles alone through Oregon and California in search of a mate.
4mpR TIL in his final days Lyndon B. Johnson would listen to “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel repeatedly while agonizing over his legacy; worrying that he would only be remembered for the Vietnam War and not as the architect of equal rights and Medicare.
EwVx TIL that in the history of Ireland’s inventions, there’s a 300-year gap after the invention of whiskey.
R5nkw TIL of the Yawar Fiesta, held mainly in the mountain village of Coyllurqui near Cusco, its a controversial blood sport that pits bulls against drunken condors. The sport has largely been banned from most Peruvian cities but is still practiced and revered in remote villages just like Coyllurqui.