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TIL that Kinder Surprise eggs are illegal to import into the USA

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dDZQ7 TIL that Gordon Lightfoot's song, Sundown, was a cautionary tale about his onetime girlfriend, the backup singer Cathy Smith, who was later convicted in the overdose death of the comedy star John Belushi after she injected him with heroin and cocaine in 1982.
5bKP TIL the scene in La La Land where Emma Stone’s audition is interrupted by a phone call was taken from Ryan Gosling’s audition for the movie where the exact incident happened.
vP5lj TIL John Preston claimed that his dog, Harass II, had extraordinary forensics skills like tracking a scent months after the suspect had walked on the ground. At a rate of 300$ per day, he was hired by Florida authorities as an expert witness and helped convict as many as 100 people
jNbON TIL that a “Kermit” is a unit of time equal to 1/100th of a day (approximately 14.4 minutes)
695gJ TIL that a Canadian Special Forces Sniper has achieved the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a distance of 2.2 miles.