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xGYb TIL a Scottish man, Robert Barclay Allardice, walked 1000 miles in 1000 hours to win 1000 guineas. He is considered the father of the 19th century sport of pedestrianism, a precursor to racewalking.
yn5e TIL Julia Louis-Dreyfus was pregnant twice during the production of Seinfeld and hid her belly with furniture and laundry baskets
Z87R4 TIL critics complained Indian artist Daler Mehndi of being popular only because he featured beautiful dancing women in his music videos. Mehndi’s response was to create a music video that featured only himself. So that’s how the popular music video “Tunak Tunak Tun” was born.
RjL9 TIL of Pedro López, a child-murderer known as “The Monster of the Andes” and who is regarded as the most prolific serial killer of the 20th century. He has killed over 300 young girls across South America. He was released from captivity in 1998 and his current whereabouts are unknown.
5YxZQ TIL Matt Groening originally planned for Krusty the Clown to be Homer Simpson in disguise. This is why Krusty looks so similar to Homer.