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TIL that "no bueno" is not real Spanish but rather a calque: "a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word or root-for-root translation"

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dDe0r TIL that in 1962, JFK said there is nothing "more unfortunate than to have soft, chubby, fat-looking children."
n9rW TIL that there is no nationwide drinking age, each state is responsible for setting their own drinking age. However, the federal government witholds highway funding for states that make it less than 21.
QNgxM TIL: A blue whale's heart beats only 8 to 10 times per minute and circulates 5300 litres or 9326 pints of blood around the whale's body
wbO8 TIL after hurricane Katrina, many residents had to throw out their refrigerators due to the decomposing food becoming so toxic that it melted plastic, corroded metal, and ate through the rubber door lining.
nGPo TIL a guitarist named “Buckethead” has released the most albums in a year than any artist in history. Producing 60 studio albums in 2014 and 37 in 2015.