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TIL that Jackie Wilson always kissed the least attractive girl in the audience. He believed that by doing so, everyone would think they could have him and keep coming back to buy his records.

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OGZYY TIL that at the North Pole there is no local time since all lines of longitude, and thus all time zones, converge there. The sun rises, and sets only once per year, meaning that the sun's position could also not be used to synchronise time.
6bGQ TIL that pygmy chimpanzees often engages in 69s, gay- and lesbian sex, and they also celebrate finding food with orgies.
wLLLM TIL James Watson (co-discoverer of the structure of DNA), had to auction off his Nobel Prize Medal due to poverty. A Russian billionaire bought it for $4.1M and returned it stating, “a situation in which an outstanding scientist has to sell a medal recognising his achievements is unacceptable.”
grno4 TIL Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt was allergic to moon dust.
woyEo TIL that Matt Damon via his ventures Water.org and WaterEquity raised $150 million in September alone from Starbucks, Gap, DuPont, and other big-name companies. The initiative aims to continue providing access to safe water and sanitation in some parts of Asia and Africa