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TIL that Officials in Aliso Viejo tried to ban Dihydrogen Monoxide before finding out it was just water.

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Y7m6B TIL until their deaths, two men claimed they wrote "Jingle Bell Rock: Bobby Helms, the singer, and Hank Garland, the guitarist. Both said they rewrote the original (bad) song by Joe Beal and Jim Boothe and turned it into a hit. But only Beal and Boothe got writing credits and royalties for it.
BgOee TIL the most downvoted comment in history belongs to EA games with 667k downvotes
gr89W Today I learned that there is enough evidence to suggest that orca are actually an occasional predator of moose, due to the fact that moose can dive up to 20' for vegetation underwater in killer whale territories.
dDm1Q TIL that the Soviet city of Pripyat- the location of Chernobyl- had a bronze statue of Prometheus, the Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind.
e04L4 TIL that Nebraska's official state slogan is "Nebraska: Honestly, it’s not for everyone."