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TIL that Buddy Holly is the reason Elton John wears glasses. He started wearing glasses at 13 to imitate Holly. Eight months later they had done so much damage to his eyes that he actually needed glasses.

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m1kp TIL in 1954 a Japanese trawler was caught in the fallout of the Castle Bravo nuclear test, killing its radioman; his last words were “I pray that I am the last victim of an atomic or hydrogen bomb.”
kgOW TIL of Godwin’s law. It states “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one”.
VrgD TIL Przewalski’s horse is the only truly wild horse left in the world. Other horses like American mustangs or Australian brumbies are feral domesticated horses.
699mY TIL Brazil police sniper nearly shot officer during 2014 World Cup opening. Sniper asked permission to open fire on an armed man seen approaching Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Permission was denied and the suspect turned out to be another policeman.
mxmBp TIL that when whales come up the surface of the ocean, they poop and that poop is responsible for providing fresh air. A whale’s survival is essential as an entire ecosystem depend on them.