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TIL that Roald Dahl wrote ‘The Twits’ because he hated beards and wanted to “do something against [them]”

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5VKdn TIL that the gunfight between Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt in 1865 is one of the few one-on-one gun duels of the Western conquest that occured as depicted in dime novels and westerns such as High Noon or the Dollar Trilogy.
VyVZ TIL the oldest known song featuring a man talking to his girlfriend over the phone is “Hello Ma Baby” (made popular by Looney Tunes’ Michigan J Frog). It’s over 117 year old and was created when only 10% of the population had telephones.
9YV9X TIL of Francis Tsai, an artist who did work for Marvel, and was later diagnosed with ALS. When the disease paralyzed his arms, he learned to draw using his right foot on an iPhone. When he was no longer able to use his feet, he used eye-gaze technology in order to keep drawing.
X0gEQ TIL, that there is a sea slug species where one sexual partner injects the other one it's prostate fluid to it's head.
6aPZ TIL German prisoners have keys to their cell, can leave the prison, get a job, go on weekend getaways, and are cheaper and more effective than American prisons.