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TIL pet food tasters (humans) serve as professional quality control for pet food. they make up to 120k/yr

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R5vjl TIL Cass Elliot (Mama Cass) and Keith Moon both died in the same bedroom, both at the age of 32.
Z86Bp TIL that a 1992 Japanese TV show combined English lessons with gymnastic exercise programs. On the show, three gymnasts would perform synchronized exercises while chanting phrases like, "Hasta la vista, baby," "Spare me my life!", "I was robbed by two men!", and "I have a bad case of diarrhea."
b66mN TIL that 3 current colleges in the U.S. were established in the 1600s: Harvard University (1636), College of William & Mary (1693) and St. John's College (1696)
KYAv9 TIL that at a party celebrating his candidacy for mayor of New York, author Norman Mailer stabbed his wife twice, nearly killing her. She did not press charges.