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TIL - Frank Sinatra weighed 13.5 lbs when he was born.

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PYAlO TIL In 2003, a farmer carrying a syringe loaded with cow antibiotics was knocked down by one of his cows and was accidentally injected. He was transported to the hospital where they called Poison Control, who told him there were no known antidotes. He died less than an hour later.
bDop TIL Since 2005, the Parents Television Council has deemed Family Guy the Worst TV Show of the Week on at least 40 occasions, and has filed many complaints to the FCC for “oblique sexual innuendo”. Seth MacFarlane responded “it was like getting hate mail from Hitler.”
ANM9x TIL that Magnus Carlsen intentionally plays non-optimal moves during the opening to force his opponents to think for themselves instead of relying on memorized theory.
XDNX TIL That Lockheed Martin test pilots carry the wallets and car keys of the chief aircraft engineers as a sign of good faith.
j7kn TIL wild young female chimps care for sticks the same way girls play with dolls, something not seen in males. Also, captive male monkeys prefer to play with trucks, and females with dolls, suggesting there is something biological about the sexes that make us prefer toward different toys.