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TIL researchers from the UK’s Manchester Metropolitan University found that mice actually prefer sweets over cheeses

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R7Ao9 TIL That James Best, best known as playing Rosco P Coltrane on Dukes of Hazzard was a cousin of the Everly Brothers who recorded several #1 hits of the 50s & 60s including (among others) Wake Up Little Susie, All I Have To Do Is Dream & Bye Bye Love.
oB1L TIL- it is illegal to deny the occurrence of the Holocaust in 17 countries.
8e1xK TIL By tradition, character deaths in ancient greek theater almost never happened on stage. No matter the importance of the character, deaths almost always occured off stage and announced via messenger, with the body only showed later
9WGQ TIL When Peter Falk was playing in a Little League game, the umpire called him out. Falk thought that he was safe. He pulled his glass eye out of its socket and handed it to the umpire, telling him, “Here, I think you might need this.”.
8aOdK TIL rather than using a mirror, some observatory telescopes were built to use a large, spinning pool of liquid metal as a reflecting surface