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TIL that the great tradition of throwing panties at rock stars did not begin with Elvis, but with Franz Liszt

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1a5E8 TIL that India is home to Malabar giant squirrels- three-foot-long, multi-colored squirrels that range from black, brown and orange to maroon and purple.
8eGWV TIL that the BMI cutoff to be considered obese is lower for Asian-Pacific populations (≥25 kg/m^2) vs the WHO standard (≥30)
yQ15V TIL Men and Women Misperceive What the Opposite Sex Finds Attractive. Women overestimated men's preference for thinness in female partners. At the same time, men overestimated women's preference for muscularity in male partners.
7roaM TIL many of the "Real Facts" printed inside Snapple bottle caps are outdated, incomplete, inaccurate or just plain false.
MexZB TIL the alignment of planets in our solar system that allowed us to launch Voyager spacecraft out of our solar system at the speed it went only happens once every 176 years