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TIL that Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols once appeared on Judge Judy

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QJeaL TIL the majority of mammal fossils are male. Some think because they more wide-ranging, reckless and foolhardy, e.g. in the case of mammoths, “they were more likely to do silly things, like die in tar pits.”
NXn11 TIL about the McAfrika, a limited edition McDonald’s hamburger sold in 2002 in their Norwegian locations which drew international criticism because its release occurred just as famine broke out in Southern Africa.
GAwN5 TIL: the CIA once got brutally humiliated by the Cuban Government and Fidel Castro when they publicly broadcasted the identity of every single American spy in their territory on every local TV and Newspaper, including recordings of encounters the CIA believed were done in maximum secrecy
18jd TIL that April 1st was originally celebrated as the New Year day, until in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calender to replace the old one. Those who continued celebrating the New Year on April 1st (either rebels or ignorant of the new changes) were thus branded ‘Fools’.
4BOg TIL Abraham Lincoln died with only $5 in his pocket. Ironic because he ended up on the $5 bill