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TIL that Terry Jones of Monty Python is credited with writing the movie “Labyrinth”, despite the script having been re-written several times

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E1Dxx TIL American Musician Meat Loaf has survived a serious car wreck, breaking both legs after jumping off-stage, being struck on the head with a shot during a shot-put event, the emergency landing of a jet with a faulty landing gear, severe dehydration and a heart condition.
R5vd1 TIL 55-60% of people in Pakistan marry their first cousin
Zy5v TIL Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners
VPkk TIL: A dog named Duke has been the mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota since 2014, having won 3 re-elections.
XENME TIL of a "body farm", where the decomposition of human corpses is studied by leaving bodies outside in a variety of topographic and climate conditions. There are facilities in US, Canada, Australia, India, and UK. Over 100 bodies are donated to the University of Tennessee facility alone every year.