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TIL Sardine refers only to a fish’s size, not its species

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LQORV TIL Meatloaf had a large collection of expensive motorcycles, but didn't ride them. He would sit on them for hours admiring them, saying it made him feel he was flying like a bird.
Y7eGW TIL about the Sierra Sounds, audio recordings from the 1970s in the Sierra Nevada mountains, thought by some to capture Sasquatch vocalizations. R. Scott Nelson, a cryptolinguist with the U.S. Navy, stated that the recordings contain a distinct language, not human in origin, and likely not faked.
Arkw TIL that the Titanic sistership RMS Olympic was told not to go rescue Titanic survivors, as “it would cause panic amongst the survivors of the disaster to see a virtual mirror-image of the Titanic appear and ask them to board”…
vP5D8 TIL John Cena holds the record for granting 650+ wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
8ePEK TIL Known as Evil Morty theme song (Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda) is based on Chopin's Nocturne Op. 55 No. 1.