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TIL of 'Sea-lioning' - a type of trolling or harassment which consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity

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PYKAZ TIL that Tony Iommi, of Black Sabbath, accidentally cut off the tips of two fingers on his right hand on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory. He was depressed, until his factory manager told him about Django Reinhardt- a guitarist who had also lost some fingers. It inspired him to play.
Y5nv TIL Lil Wayne worked as a suicide prevention aid for 50 cents an hour, 10pm - 6am everyday, during his stay at Rikers.
jNApM TIL An Octopus doesn't have 8 arms but 6 arms and 2 legs.
R7xj4 TIL "Dove" and "Pigeon" are names for the same bird. They're both names for members of the same family, Columbidae
6vdw TIL Thousands of shipping containers a year become “large floating objects” in the ocean.