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TIL that Zach Galifianakis recorded a song with Fiona Apple called “Come Over and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)”

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Lk7ev TIL that a park ranger on Rinca Island was attacked by a Komodo dragon in his own office after a cleaner had left the door open the night before. The dragon was hiding under his desk when he sat down. The smell of blood attracted more outside. The ranger was taken to the hospital and recovered.
OGgvg TIL Toll roads are an ancient concept and are referenced by Pliny and Aristotle.
GY5k5 TIL not only did Victor Fleming direct Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, both movies were released one after the other in the same year in 1939.
ojbY TIL Microsoft made a series of marketing blunders including CUNT (Critical Update Notification Tool), Bang (now bing) and spent $200M promoting the line “Prepare to Fly” just before 9/11.
Oo7j7 TIL that Hitler himself disliked the blackletter typeface that many Nazi organizations still use today. The typographical dispute between the Fraktur typeface and the more legible typeface Antiqua came to an end in 1941 Nazi Germany with an edict from Martin Bormann, which forbade blackletter.