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TIL The Bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in a US Court

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xVKp7 TIL the first known case of "dying from laughing" involved the greek man called Chrysippus, who, after giving figs to his donkey, cried out "Now give the donkey a drink of pure wine to wash down the figs", had a fit of laughter afterwards and died.
LkwLQ TIL George Adamski claimed that he met with extraterrestrials and that every planet in our solar system was populated with human-like inhabitants, as was the dark side of the earth’s moon. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands invited him to her palace in 1959 to discuss extraterrestrial doings
GZgg TIL Weird Al owes much of his success to a radio show host named Dr. Demento
wogwM TIL that art depicting living beings is generally prohibited in Islam. As a result Islamic art generally consists of calligraphic, geometric and abstract floral patterns
vPyGR TIL Gordon Ramsay's tongue is insured for $10 million