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TIL that the dad in Gremlins was the guy who wrote Three Dog Night’s “Joy To The World” (Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog).

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vgoK TIL that Sherlock Holmes was based, in part, on a medical professor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called “Bill”. Bill would look at his patients without their speaking, determine their ethnicity, profession, and make a prediction about their condition based on sight alone.
6xXQ TIL a Russian child lived with a pack of dogs for two years after he gave the dogs food. In return the dog pack protected him and made him pack-leader. He later relearned language and served in the Russian Army.
gMyV4 TIL that Harmabe’s sperm was collected shortly after he died so that his genes could live on.
9aQQ TIL Just before going out of business, the founder of FEDEX took the companies last $5,000, went to vegas and played blackjack, winning enough money to keep the company afloat.
0wMv5 TIL: Men may have larger noses than women because they generally have more muscle, demanding larger noses to breathe in more oxygen