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TIL The Tarzan Character Was Temporarily Removed From Disney Parks Because People Kept Pinching His Butt Cheeks

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p8klA TIL The Breidings Home in KY was set on fire due to a kitchen accident, the whole family escaped but to their surprise the infant daughter was missing. As they panicked they were relieved to see their dog pulling the infant out to safety by her diapers.
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loKg5 TIL that in 1982, the comic strip The Far Side jokingly referred to the set of spikes on a Stegosaurus's tail as a "thagomizer". A paleontologist who read the comic realized there wasn't any official name for the spikes and began using the new word; Thagomizer is now the generally accepted term.
grPB4 TIL the indigenous Sami people of northern Scandinavia are actually people who broke off from Eastern European tribes around 1500 BC and migrated far north. They lived in relative isolation until the 19th century, subsisting on reindeer and fishing.
VBlkB TIL that the United States does not have a federal law banning cannibalism. Idaho is the only state where simply committing the act lands you in prison.