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TIL that 3% of all movies in the 1960s featureed quicksand

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4kXbo TIL The original artwork for David Bowie's 1974 album 'Diamond Dogs' features dog-human genitalia which RCA airbrushed out for most of the original release. The uncensored art is featured in the 1990 re-release.
4y5J TIL that 11,500+ year old man-made monolithic structures discovered in southeastern Turkey.Structures are dated thousands of years older than Egyptian Pyramids.Discoverer says it requires decent engineering skills to build such structures. (45 min, National Geographic documentary)
kOVjd TIL evidence showed that during the seven and a half months preceding Elvis's death -- from January 1, 1977, to August 16, 1977 -- Doctor Nichopoulos wrote prescriptions for Elvis for at least 8,805 pills, tablets, vials, and injectables. Going back to January 1975, the count was 19,012.
V0am TIL that some people have been recorded and survived having a blood alcohol content over 1.00%.
x9jg TIL that the creator of the viral online hit series Bad Lip Reading discovered his talent when his mother went suddenly deaf and had to learn to lip read. He realized that whenever he tried, all he came up with was jibberish. He soon turned his failure into successful videos seen by millions.