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TIL Eminem was interviewed on 60 Minutes and showed Anderson Cooper how to rhyme the word “orange” by making it two syllables: “I put my orange four-inch door-hinge in storage and ate porridge with George.”

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kRMW TIL That a honeybee has the same amount of hairs as a squirrel: 3 million. Whereas the human head, as a comparison, has just 100,000 hairs.
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ABJo TIL that you don’t have to pay parking fines from private companies, only from local authorities and councils. They may look like fines, but they are just cleverly disguised invoices.