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QJwME TIL Mountain goats that attacked humans because they are addicted to the salt in human urine and sweat had to be airlifted out to a different park
OoyLe TIL there is a word for the study of culturally induced ignorance: Agnatology. Culturally induced ignorance can come from media neglect or deliberate misrepresentation; Corporate and government manipulation, secrecy, suppression, document destruction, selectivity, inattention, & forgetfulness.
0nd1 TIL that subscribers with female names to pay online pornography sites are flagged as likely sources of credit-card fraud, because “so many of these charges result in an angry wife or mother demanding a refund for the misuse of her card”.
MegaK TIL that the keyboard player on Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual" was a (pre-fame) Elton John! The guitarist? Jimmy Page!
J1mXk TIL that Thomas Dolby ideated & storyboarded the music video for his 80s hit “She Blinded Me With Science” BEFORE he wrote the song; after writing the song to fit his storyboards, he subsequently directed its music video.