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TIL Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, said the only animal he was uncomfortable working around were parrots

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worxM TIL the The Mission: Impossible theme song doubles as a spy code, because the music mirrors the Morse Code for M (dash dash) I (dot dot)
ne4aP TIL When vaccines and similar treatment were first introduced in the 18th century, religious leaders condemned them, saying that diseases are sent by God to punish sinners. To try to cure sinners would be going against God’s will.
xVAQk TIL President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda hold the Guinness World Record for "Greatest Robbery of a Government". They stole hundreds of millions of dollars causing the total national loss from between $5 and $10 billion
j9ba TIL there are people who think the standardized intonation of music (A=440Hz) is inharmonious with the universe and should be changed to A=432Hz, which shares resonance properties with the world around us.
Lm1Z TIL: That in Damian Marley’s Welcome To Jamrock, the line “Out in the street they call it murder” they don’t say murder but merther, which denotes the trance like state you reach when smoking weed and listening to reggae. The line it self is actually a sample from Ini Kamoze’s World A Music.