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TIL Punxsutawney Phil is so bad at predicting the weather, we would have more accurate predictions with a coin flip.

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R5aN4 TIL Actor Kevin Bacon pays off DJ’s when he attends weddings so that they won’t play “Footloose.”
w7WJ TIL that there were enough discrepancies in famous outlaw John Dillinger’s autopsy and oddities in the events leading up to his death to suggest that the FBI killed the wrong man and simply claimed otherwise to escape embarrassment.
Dpgg TIL that the phrase “spittin’ image” is a shortening of the phrase “spit and image,” indicating that a child is both the spit (substance) and image (likeness) of their parents.
0d0kv TIL there are more atoms in a single human cell than there are cells in the average human body (~100 trillion atoms vs ~33 trillion cells).
KO8ZJ TIL Ticketmaster deliberately holds back tickets for concerts to create the illusion of scarcity, particularly when demand is highest. They also release tickets in small batches periodically, making it impossible for consumers to make informed choices about ticket purchases.