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TIL David Bowie kept a fur-covered pit in his living room for orgies.

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vAX7 TIL of Frank Durrant, a WW2 British Commando who, while shot 16 times and in Command of a small wooden boat - Took on a German Destroyer so ferociously the German captain recommended to the British Army he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was.
4JOR TIL that prior to 1999, the mythical American Express Black Card was just that: a myth. The myth became so pervasive that AmEx decided to capitalize on it and actually make a black, ultra exclusive credit card.
xVPGk TIL After South Park aired the episode Chef Aid, the term 'Chewbacca Defense' entered the legal lexicon. The legal strategy aims to deliberately confuse juries than refute cases. The practice was widely used by lawyers before the episode, but South Park gave it a term.
RRe6 TIL a NASA intern stole moon rocks from a vault and had sex on them with his girlfriend.
9wv4D TIL there are over 700 quintillion planets in the universe