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TIL that Jim Farley, current CEO of the Ford Motor Company,is a cousin of the late comedian/ SNL alum Chris Farley

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ZEAv TIL that between 2000 and 2010 as many as a dozen people in the Philippines were shot to death while singing Frank Sinatra songs at karaoke bars. The deaths are referred to as ‘The My Way Killings’.
MBp0 TIL the original Mad Max (1979) movie was dubbed from Australian to American for US audiences.
a8V0b TIL Italian Flagship Re d'Italia was built in NYC in the middle of the American Civil War
mxyBx TIL Apollo astronauts would breathe pure oxygen for several hours before flights in order to avoid getting the bends when the cabin pressure was lowered after liftoff.
ADv4x TIL Wood frogs in Alaska can hold their pee for up to 8 months, during the region's long winters. They relieve themselves once temperatures increase. The urine actually helps keep them alive while they hibernates, with special microbes in their gut turning the urea (urine's main waste) into nitrogen