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TIL that people used to live in tree trunks

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E1Kjo TIL the cover of the Rolling Stones album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! was originally going to feature an elephant, but the band settled for a donkey.
wonD7 TIL a 20-yr-old man died 10 hrs after eating unrefrigerated, 5-day-old spaghetti with tomato sauce that he had reheated at school. His autopsy highlighted the importance of refrigerating food: the warmer temp allowed bacteria in the pasta to grow & produce a toxin that contributed to his death.
AN0en TIL Kentucky declared neutrality at the start of the U.S. Civil War, on May 16, 1861. It was able to maintain it until September 4, 1861, when the Confederates invaded.
E1OXw TIL there's only 8 species of bears in the world: brown bears, Asian black bears, American black bears, sun bears, sloth bears, spectacled bears, polar bears, and giant pandas.
PY4aw TIL that during the 1950s, Louis Farrakhan had a brief career as a calypso singer.