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TIL Wil.I.Am created the Samurai Jack theme song

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BgdZb TIL: Experts believe the word/name "Dad" originated from infantile or childish speech because there is no historical record/language of where the word originated from.
ADlKd TIL That two British twins who were separated at birth ending up marrying one another without realising that they were brother and sister
WAlL TIL Viruses sometimes got lucky enough to copy themselves into an egg that became fertilized and grew into a full-fledged adult. So that viral DNA got passed down from generation to human generation as so-called endogenous retroviruses
woD76 TIL truck-drivers are the most likely to be a serial killer. According to the FBI, there are over 400+ active serial killer truck drivers unidentified (avoiding suspicion due to state-to-state crossing). It got so bad, the FBI launched a whole operation called "Highway Serial Killer Initiative".
W7LQo TIL of "Target Fixation": a phenomenon where an individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target, or hazard to be avoided) that they inadvertently increase their risk of colliding with the object.