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TIL the guy who sang "Eye of the Tiger" was the same guy who sang the punchlines on the famous "Real Men of Genius" Bud Light commercials

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1aGOW TIL of "Steal This Book", an instruction manual by Abbie hoffman on, among other things, shoplifting, fare evasion, and protesting. 30 publishers refused to print it, and many book stores refused to sell it because people were shoplifting the book, as the title suggested.
wobnE TIL During the Cold War, an early version of the American AIM-9 Sidewinder missile lodged itself into an enemy jet without exploding. The Russians were able to recover it after landing and create a reverse-engineered copy
P1jVG TIL the "sensation novel" was popular from the 1860s to 1890s, particularly in Great Britain. Sensation novels often were melodramas themed around socially taboo and shocking subjects like robbery, murder, seduction, kidnapping and adultery, typically in a domestic setting.
5NZk TIL divorce only became legal in Ireland in 1997.
OoPQe TIL that dolphins need to leap out of the water (porpoising) when they’re swimming fast because they need additional oxygen to keep up with the physical exertion.