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TIL that a newspaper posted a poll asking readers if watching Blackfish – a documentary critical of SeaWorld for keeping orcas captive – changed their opinions of SeaWorld. The results were “No.” It was later revealed that 55% of the votes came from a single IP-address … hosted by SeaWorld

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mxyjo TIL that when John Denver's song Rocky Mountain High first was becoming a hit, some radio stations banned it because they thought it was about drugs. He convinced them that it was about how he felt when out in nature.
ppON TIL Anthony Stockelman molested and murdered a 10-year-old girl named “Katie” in 2005. When he was sent to prison, a relative of Katie’s was reportedly also there and got to Stockelman in the middle of the night and tattooed “Katie’s Revenge” on his forehead.
W7xp9 TIL: In 536 A.D., there was a worldwide dust cloud that blocked out the sun for a year, resulting in widespread famine and disease.
eBGb TIL when Astronaut Ed Mitchell was asked what it’s like to stand on the moon, he said: “From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’
15NP TIL that J.K. Rowling wrote the final chapter of the 7th Harry Potter book 9 years before the 1st book was released.