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TIL that the Beastie Boys coined the term "mullet"

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kJgkB TIL before the battle of Marathon, Athenians vowed to sacrifice a goat for every Persian slain. After recording 6,400 enemy deaths, they couldn’t offer so many at once, so they sacrificed 500 goats annually to Artemis Agrotera until the vow was fulfilled.
GgQ1 TIL Vanna White makes $4 million per year for flipping letters on Wheel Of Fortune.
NePE TIL it is illegal to release balloons in the state of Florida
paWG TIL Ringo Starr was reluctant to accept the role of the narrator on “Thomas & Friends” because he thought kids would be more interested in “dinosaurs with lasers.”
8exVZ Today I learned the confetti in Times Square is all thrown by hand