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TIL The Beach Boys performed a song written by Charles Manson on the Mike Douglas Show in 1969

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lo5mN TIL that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was forced to apologize to the mother of a dead serviceman in 2009 after he sent her a handwritten letter of condolence that misspelled her name. The Sun tabloid then attacked Brown for making the mistake, & in doing so managed to make the same mistake.
X6E8 TIL that an Orca (killer whale) can put a great white shark to sleep by turning it over on it’s back. The Orca then drowns the shark, only to eat the liver and the tounge.
VBjaG TIL about the ‘Doppler effect’ which explains why a siren's pitch changes as it passes by
xVgvB TIL that moths are attracted to light because they base their navigation on their position relative to a light source.
kORxm TIL - In June of 2017, the helmet worn by Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs sold for $39K at a Hollywood memorabilia auction. Also sold at this auction, the light up dance floor from Saturday Night Fever ($1.2M) and R2-D2 from Star Wars ($2.76M)