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TIL that a Vocaloid songwriter and musician attempted to murder his girlfriend on May 31st, 2024

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9YD77 TIL about Utah’s ‘otherworldly’ Cinamon Hadley — ballerina, goth queen and comic book character. The woman who inspired the look of the DC Comics character known as DEATH, by creator Neil Gaiman.
99bp TIL that the Hell’s Angels plotted to murder Mick Jagger in 1975. their attempt was thwarted by a storm that capsized the boat they were using to gain access to Jagger’s property.
Qao9 TIL left-spiraling snails are generally as rare as left handed humans, especially because left and right spiraled snails can’t mate together easily, but in Japan snakes gobble up righties easily but can’t bite into the lefties, so there are way more lefties.
BrEly TIL that the word oxymoron, is actually an oxymoron. Oxy is sharp, moron is dull.
KOA1B TIL that “ruby” chocolate is the fourth chocolate type and the first new chocolate type in 80 years. It is pink due to the color of the cocoa beans used to make it. It was unveiled by Swiss-Belgian cocoa company Barry-Callebaut in September 2017, and had been in development since 2004.