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TIL Johnny Knoxville is the result of “significant inbreeding”. This was discovered by a genealogist he himself hired.

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a8O8M TIL: Sesame Workshop sponsors and partners with children's clinics in Japan
R7X6a TIL that birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the mass extinction, because they were small enough to burrow, had beaks and were smarter than other small beaked dinosaurs.
loGV TIL Jimi Hendrix’s “Fire” was inspired when the band went to bass player, Noel Redding’s mother’s house. Jimi said “Let me stand next to your fire” so he could warm up. The family dog was laying in front of the fire, which is where the line, “Move over Rover, and let Jimi take over.” comes from.
QYK6 TIL that in the entire state of Wyoming there are only 2 escalators
EPpx TIL that in 1977 a group of scientist discovered that any radioactive particle does not decay when being observed. This is called Quantum Zeno Effect.