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TIL: the theme song to the Andy Griffith Show has lyrics.

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4kBk5 TIL that Robert Plant's "Big Log" has Neither Word in its Lyrics.
N79B8 TIL Jane Goodall, who studied and bonded with chimpanzees, appreciating their personalities, minds, emotions, and giving them names early on in her career, said her "favorite animal absolutely is not a primate, it's a dog." It was her dog that taught her not to objective towards chimps.
W7RYo TIL researchers found that a Medieval Italian man used a knife as a prosthetic limb after the amputation of his right hand. He attached it to his stump with a cap, buckle, and leather straps. The injury healed rather nicely and he managed to live for a very long time afterwards.
9Y9DQ TIL that mud dauber wasps are notorious for building their nests inside the pitot tubes, fuel tank vents and drains of aircrafts and have contributed to numerous plane crashes throughout history as a result.
W7ElN TIL that some of the most expensive Teddy Bears around today are the “mourning bears”, which were made in 1912 in a limited number, to mark the sinking of The Titanic.