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TIL that the The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog from Monty Python and the Holy Grail comes from a long history of murderous Medieval bunnies

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DJ0J TIL people originally used bread to erase pencil marks. In 1770, Edward Naine accidentally picked up a piece of rubber and found it to be very effective at erasing pencil marks, which prompted him to begin selling rubber erasers. Erasers exist to correct mistakes, and was invented because of one.
e0OPJ TIL That theologian and hobby paleontologist William Buckland, famous for writing the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, ate the heart of King Luis XIV
x6XKk TIL Hunter S Thompson used cocaine up to 11 times a day and had it with his sausage and eggs for breakfast
yQl4l TIL: Ireland has 0.0006% of the worlds population but supplies 37.8% of global blood exports. This is due to a higher than average amount O blood types.
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