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TIL Tired of hearing “God Bless America” being overplayed on the radio because the lyrics were unrealistic and complacent, Woody Guthrie wrote “This Land is Your Land”.

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VKxm TIL that 4chan once tried to send Justin Bieber to North Korea, by exploiting an oversight whereby there was no country restrictions allowing 4chan to rig the votes.
x6Ne0 TIL raw termites taste like pineapple and cooked termites have a delicate, vegetable flavor
OGerg TIL the "black" line of an Etch A Sketch toy merely exposes the darkness inside the toy. Scraping out large "black" areas allows enough light through to expose parts of the interior.
neJXo TIL sweat glands mature during the first 2 years of life. So people who grew up in warm climates have more active sweat glands than people who grew up in a climate-controlled environment or in cold climates.
b9R4N TIL there is a religion called Last Thursdayism that believes that our entire universe, with all of us and our collective memories was created just Last Thursday.