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TIL that the world's largest Jack-in-the-Box has a 600 pound clown head once owned by Captain Kangaroo

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mDwY TIL inmates who were given dogs to train showed a decrease in blood pressure, decreased agressiveness, and were more successful in achieving positive results in training the canines than non-incarcerated trainers.
b9Vb0 TIL of composer Frank Churchill, who worked on early Disney films Snow White, Bambi and Dumbo, winning an Oscar for Dumbo. In 1942, just months before the release of Bambi, he shot himself, purportedly "at the piano." He received two posthumous Oscar nominations for his work on the film.
VygD TIL That while examining brain scans, neuroscientist Dr. James Fallon discovered he is a psychopath. While unknowingly viewing his own brain scan, he said, “It’s probably a psychopath… someone who could be a danger to society.
XE7Q TIL That the man who blew the whistle on alleged widespread phone hacking perpetrated by Murdoch’s “The News of the World” was found dead in his London home. The Prime Minister had ties to Murdoch, and the Scotland Yard investigated the death.
jKNa TIL in many states, you can be charged with a DUI even if the car is parked and you’re sleeping.