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TIL garbage trucks in Taiwan play a musical tune like ice cream trucks

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6El4X TIL one day after the sudden death of MLB pitcher Jose Fernandez, the Marlins all wore his jersey and even hit a home run after his field tribute. This is considered by many to be one of the most emotional moments in baseball history.
9YDkD TIL puritans managed to have a prenuptial pregnancy rate of under 10%
oBGL7 TIL of Dr. Serge Voronoff who dedicated his life to researching animal testicles and developed a treatment to graft monkey balls into humans. This became somewhat popular with millionaires in the 20s as a means to curb aging and other ailments.
Ooama TIL the third season DVDs of "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" were made but mysteriously never distributed. The creators think they're in a warehouse: "It's recorded, we did commentary tracks with a bunch of the cast, there's all these special extras on it. They pressed them, we saw it. Nothing."
yQlpM TIL that the first named author in history was a woman named Enheduanna from the Sumerian city state of Ur (modern Iraq) in the 23rd century BCE. As a high priestess, she wrote hymns and poems that were in circulation for hundreds of years after her death.