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TIL Jimi Hendrix Experience Drummer Mitch Mitchell auditioned for Paul McCartney's band Wings but lost the part to Geoff Britton in a coin toss.

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Wg7B TIL Scientists in the South Pole have a tradition of sitting in a sauna and then running outside naked to the ceremonial pole and back. They can go from a 200° F sauna to -100° F outside. They have to do it fast enough before frostbite on essential reproductory equipment. Not all are successful.
MeLrm TIL: The Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are separate countries
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