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TIL Finland has a unit of measurement, “poronkusema,” that means “the distance a reindeer could travel without stopping to urinate.”

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6EAZ TIL the first woman to be crowned “Miss America” said of the title, “I never cared to be Miss America. It wasn’t my idea. I am so bored by it all. I really want to forget the whole thing.”
1Z9X TIL that because Hulk Hogan didn’t return the call from the endorsers to be the face of a new grill, they called the second person on the list, George Foreman, to be the face of what turned out to be a multi million dollar product.
WwlB TIL The first person to hear Journey’s “Only the Young” was terminally ill, 16 year old Kenny Sykaluk, who died the next day still holding the Walkman in his hand
kJoNB TIL 75% of millennials have phone anxiety
yVZoJ TIL a mobile home can have a basement