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TIL that Tom Wilson, who portrayed Biff Tannen in the Back to The Future trilogy made a song answering the most repetitive questions about the films that he wishes people would stop asking him. It's called "The Question Song."

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4XZjo TIL the US Metric Association publishes a bi-monthly newsletter giving updates on converting the US to the metric system. It's been published since 1966.
Yp7Lv TIL that the finger wrinkling happening when in contact with water is triggered by an autonomic nervous response
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