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TIL an Alaskan city has a cat for a Mayor

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R5961 TIL that when composer Joseph Haydn died his head was stolen for study by people practicing phrenology-the pseudoscientific study of how the shape of ones skull reflects their intellect. His skull was eventual returned and interred with the rest of his body in 1954, 145 years later.
relo TIL that Sylvester Stallone’s signature slurred speech and snarling look is caused by partial facial paralysis due to a nerve severed by accident at birth
xLR0 TIL of Shavarsh Karapetyan, a world champion swimmer who after finishing his routine 12 mile run heard a bus crash into a lake. He then swam down 33 ft and one by one saved 20 passengers. After receiving multiple wounds, he was in a coma for 46 days, which subsequently ended his professional career.
LkbXQ TIL that until 1999, Montana had rural highways without daytime speed limits
eY8L TIL you were supposed to be 18 to audition for That 70s Show. Mila Kunis was only 14, so she told casting directors that was “going to be 18,” without saying when. It was technically true and she got the part.