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TIL that ZZ Top refused a $1,000,000 offer from Gilette to shave their beards for an ad.

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YDnW TIL Blue whale calves are born weighing 3 tons, gain 8 lbs an hour and grow 1.5 inches per day! and their father’s nuts are the size of a midsize car..
6EAp7 TIL Jupiter's outermost known moon hasn't been spotted since its discovery in 2003, and is currently considered "lost."
wObP TIL The Spirit Bear survived, in part, because the Native Americans never spoke of them to fur trappers
OxKe TIL that Ernst Kaltbrunner, a Nazi War Criminal living under a false name, was caught because his mistress saw him by chance and called out his name and ran to hug him
1aZwO TIL The Colorado River, famous for being home to the Hoover Dam, has begun to run dry in most years since 1960, due to poor water management practices and over use.