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TIL the band 'Steely Dan' is named after a steam-powered dildo featured in the novel 'Naked Lunch'

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pGJe TIL that an Olympic rower named Henry Pearce stopped mid-race to allow ducklings to pass by him and he still won the race.
p8mO4 TIL Roughly 2% of the U.S. population, an estimated 620,000 men, died serving in the American Civil War. As a percentage of today's population the toll would have risen as high as 6 million. For every 3 soldiers killed in battle, 5 more died of disease.
v1pRB TIL only 20 universities in the US make money off of college sports
6Rnl TIL Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers godparent was Sonny Bono. As a child, Kiedis’ father was close friends with Bono and his then-wife, Cher, who babysat Kiedis.
9YAwG TIL that Proctor & Gamble, makers of shampoo, laundry detergent and razors, manufactured atomic bombs for the U.S. government from 1951 to 1956