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TIL boxer George Foremen named all his sons George... "I named all my sons George Edward Foreman so they would always have something in common. I say to them, 'If one of us goes up, then we all go up together. And if one goes down, we all go down together!'"

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YpwmG TIL Close to 30 percent of Bangladeshis commute on rivers, especially the lower class. This makes ferry accident common in the country, which are often blamed on overcrowding or inadequate safety rules.
R5wZ9 TIL: Due to the optium tooth medicine you ca. Reconstruct Lewis and Clark's Journey by following the Mercury-laden laxative Latrine Pits
0pKL TIL, Clear Channel banned all Rage Against the Machine songs and over 100 other songs from its 1,200 radio stations following 9/11.
4XrGR TIL there's an emergency Hall & Oates hotline called "Callin' Oates". You can call in an choose from 4 Hall & Oates songs to listen to. Apparently, it's been around since 2011
PYpdO TIL that a 20th century biologist discovered so many species of moths that he simply named them E. bobana, E. cocana, E. dodana, E. fofana, E. hohana, E. kokana, E. lolana and E. momana.