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TIL Shrimp is called an abomination 4 times more than homosexuality in the bible

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p8xM8 TIL of the 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, Germany. The event was documented in a broadsheet news article at the time with claims that witnesses observed hundreds of spheres, cylinders and other odd-shaped objects that moved erratically overhead.
rM6d TIL in 2015 a bus driver in India took a nap on his bus, only to be awoken to a monkey that had climbed into the driver’s cabin & had started the engine. As the driver ran to the cabin, the monkey panicked, shifted gears & jumped out. The bus rammed 2 other buses before the driver regained control.
R5mEj TIL that the theme tune for the show Barney Miller inspired the legendary bassist Cliff Burton to take up the bass guitar
LbGP TIL that in 2012, the entire village of Sodeto in Spain won the lottery… Except for one guy.
b9P8E TIL: American Dialect Society (founded 1889) has voted for Singular 'They' as 'Word of the Decade' for its growing use to refer to a known person whose gender identity is non-binary.