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TIL Bowie was so doing so much coke in the mid-70s he had absolutely no memory of recording his "Station to Station" album

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rN4Xo TIL that some urban birds like finches and sparrows use cigarette butts as a form of pest control for their nests. The nicotine in the cigarettes helps keep parasites away.
ANO6l TIL that the film, "First Blood" - set in the fictional town of Hope, Washington - was filmed in Hope, British Columbia where they recently erected a statue of John Rambo
x6PX7 TIL of incense clocks that tell time with fire. They were used in China since at least 6 AD. Some even could trigger alarms by burning through threads holding metal balls and causing them to fall, or used scented chips so you could tell time with a sniff
neJDB TIL that Boko Haram caused the disappearance of as many as 10,000 boys before he kidnapped the 300 girls that elicited global sympathy
oW6o TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien and Hitler fought against each other in the Battle of Somme (WWI)