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TIL about “Charlie the Horse” who survived being trapped by the Frank Slide for a month but then died gorging on brandy and oats provided by his rescuers.

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j6ZgR TIL The Leaning Tower of Pisa is slowly straightening out
BB8e TIL J.S. Bach was attacked by one of his students because he said the student played the bassoon like a goat
a8kK0 TIL: Bamboo will flower and seed every 40-120 years then die off. Because huge areas of bamboo are the same plant, this causes widespread death of bamboo forests, followed by major rat infestations and then famine in parts of the world. It is not known why this happens.
9YDmr TIL Jim Varney aka Ernest is the real record holder for most commercials at over 3,000!
axd9 TIL a secretary told Steve Jobs she was late for work because her car wouldn’t start – Jobs came back the same afternoon and threw her a set of keys for a brand new Jaguar saying: “Here, don’t be late anymore.”