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TIL the song Turn the Page was inspired by the band going into a Midwest truck stop and having everyone look at the musicians with their long hair and not knowing whether they were a man or woman and laughing at them. They said it happened all the time

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9wl4B TIL The aardwolf knows not to destory its food sources. Aardwolves eat part of a termite mound, leaves it, and return a few months later when the colony has rebuilt so it can have another meal. An aardwolf keeps track of mounds it attacked and can eat 250,000 termites in a single night.
x6a71 TIL of the 1937 School Explosion in New London, Texas. 294 died, mostly students in Grades 5 thru 11. Although the richest independent school district in the U.S, to save money the school board put a leaky tap on an oil company's production residue gas line, leading to the explosion from a spark.
68wm TIL that the oldest living animal was a type of deep sea clam that lived to be around 507 years old, but scientists accidentally killed it after opening the clam to check its age.
ANwEl TIL that, in addition to the regular art events, the 1936 Olympic Games also featured an unofficial dance exhibition
dDxMZ TIL a sheepdog named Casper fought for over 30 minutes against 11 coyotes who were threatening his flock, killed 8 of them, and survived with a severe neck wound and a missing tail.