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Today I learned that "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was supposed to have been a Meat Loaf song.

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DLXv TIL in 2010, a Canadian man rescued a newborn baby from a dumpster, only to find out he was the father.
bBl4 TIL that 58% of Russians don’t know who built the Berlin Wall, 10% think Berlin residents built it themselves, 6% think Western powers built it, and 4% think it was a bilateral agreement between the Soviet Union and the West
OGBeX TIL alcohol sales are prohibited in some parts of the US on Sunday due to "Blue laws" which originate from religious beliefs that people should not drink during the Sabbath. Due to separation between church and state, the reason was changed to "curbing excessive alcohol consumption".
wLb81 TIL actually we don’t know the color of dinosaurs!
BgRwr TIL my fitted sheets have a tag that indicates the side it should go on, thereby reducing the confusion about which is the long or short side.