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TIL that Hydrox is the original sandwich cookie, while Oreo is the more popular knockoff

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YexB TIL four out of every five animals on Earth is a nematode
R7Me6 TIL singer Meatloaf coudn't carry a tune until his sophomore year, when a 12-pound shot put hit him in the head; after that, he discovered he suddenly had a three-and-a-half-octave vocal range.
N70o6 TIL that in 1994 a Maryland man was mummified using ancient Egyptian techniques in order to learn more about the mummification process.
b6XPQ TIL of the Disney centrifuge. In 1964, Walt Disney and author Ray Bradbury met for lunch and Disney brought up his idea for Disney World. Bradbury described it as a "Schweitzer’s centrifuge", which comes from “Do something wonderful; people may imitate it.”, attributed to Albert Schweitzer.
M9jB TIL In 1991 two artists paid $26 million to install thousands of umbrellas along the California highway, one of the umbrellas was toppled by high winds, killing one woman and injuring several others. The exhibit was ordered closed and another person died during the removal of the umbrellas.