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TIL Jim Varney (of Earnest P. Worrell fame) was an accomplished Appalachian dulcimer player and played on the final episode of the Chevy Chase talk show

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AW64 TIL Ronald Reagan was active as an FBI informer in Hollywood, reporting on other actors who he suspected of subversive activities
78bE7 TIL that the Aztecs, who lived on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco, would consume a particular type of fly as a staple high protein food source. The water fly, called ahuautle, was eaten in tortillas, toasted, and mashed into baked cakes.
woe9o TIL that Puff the Magic Dragon really was written as a children’s poem and isn’t a euphemism for smoking weed.
Y9Xv TIL that the weird white spots you see when you look up at the blue sky are actually white blood cells moving through blood vessels in your retina.
BgLGD TIL that the anti-copyright infringement campaigns such as "You Wouldn't Download a Car" ad were so widely ridiculed that they may have actually encouraged people to pirate more