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TIL Jimmy Webb, who wrote "MacArthur Park" and "Wichita Lineman", is the only artist ever to receive Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.

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xVQZ7 TIL that the "achoo!" sound when you sneeze is influenced by culture. Without the cultural influence, the sneeze would just sound like a sharp release of air.
X0Ay6 TIL Giant pandas are strong with powerful jaws and teeth so few animals will risk attacking them. However, young giant pandas are more venerable and thus at risk from predators, including jackals, snow leopards, and yellow throated martens.
8M84 TIL that in 2005, Iraqi terrorists held an action figure hostage and tried to claim that it was a U.S. Soldier.
OopEX TIL actor Donald O'Connor (born 1925) 7 year old sister died from being hit by a car. Few weeks later, his father died of a heart attack; his brother Billy died a decade later from scarlet fever and his eldest sibling Jack died from alcoholism in 1959. His three other siblings died during childbirth
4kDVb TIL about the Ponzo Illusion, which is is a visual phenomenon where two identical lines appear different in length due to converging background lines, creating a sense of perspective and depth distortion