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TIL of Rodriguez, a failed folk-singer from Detroit. While working hard labor all his life, he unknowingly had become more famous than Elvis & the Beatles in South Africa and only found out 30 years later. Oh, and the documentary about his life is nominated for an Oscar tonight.

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WknAB TIL about Ming, the oldest animal ever discovered at 507 years old. The researchers studying it accidentally killed it
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w9bJ TIL the Smokey Bear Statute of 1952 is a real federal statute, complete with rules like no wisecracking in the Smokey Bear costume.
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nW57b TIL only one person has ever lost the USA VP election and gone on to win the Presidential election: FDR, who won 4 times.