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TIL - In Finland they have ‘National Sleepy Head day’, where the last person in a family to wake up is thrown in to a lake or the sea by the rest of the family.

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x67Rk TIL that the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," sung by Timon and Pumbaa in the original Lion King, led to a major lawsuit. Originally composed by Solomon Linda in 1939, his family won a settlement for royalties in 2006 worth $1.6 million.
N74G1 TIL North Carolina is the one state where the law explicitly says men are allowed to finish sex even if the woman revokes consent
epW44 TIL that the most venomous snake in the world is not a sea snake but the Inland Taipan, from Australia.
W7RGo TIL that constipation often comes down to a muscular movement change. Potassium deficiency (among other reasons) can cause the digestive system’s muscle contractions (peristalsis) to slowdown, food doesn’t progress along as usual and then…constipation.
6Y1Z TIL an American Army Air Force officer deserted in Pakistan during WW II, hitched a ride to Italy, stole a P-38 plane, deserted with the plane to the Nazis and became an officer in the SS.