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TIL H.R. Giger (designer for the ‘Alien’ series) has two bars in Europe with the same amazing biomechanical design he used in the Alien movies.

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NXvYP TIL the 1812 Overture has a parody that calls for 4 rifles, three Hoover vacuum cleaners (two uprights in B♭ and one horizontal with detachable sucker in C), and an electric floor polisher in E♭.
m14AE TIL that if a child has peanut allergies, there is a good chance it is because their parents followed bad medical advice to avoid exposing them for several years after birth.
lkK7 TIL Pregnant women who swallow their partner’s semen has a reduced risk of preeclampsia - a potentially dangerous pregnancy complication characterised by high blood pressure.
e04nJ TIL that in 1969, on the day Judy Garland passed away, a tornado hit Kansas
x6XR7 TIL that King Charles III is not the first British royal to assume that name. Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite pretender to the throne and grandson of King James II of England, was known as Charles III by his supporters.