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TIL Scarborough Fair, recorded by several musicians, most notably by Simon & Garfunkel (1968), dates back to the 1600's and of Scottish descent retelling elven lore.

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j50Q TIL Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been reduced significantly since parents have been putting babies to sleep on their backs only.
m1XME TIL Only humans have a uvula
6MoQ TIL that Washington state did not officially ban sex with animals until 2005. The impetus for the ban was the highly publicized death of a man who ruptured his colon during anal sex with a horse at an animal brothel.
W7erN TIL Trailerizing is the common technique where movie trailers use an old pop song and keep the lyrics, but make it slower and moodier. Viewers, otherwise disengaged, will be pulled in to the new movie trailer by the familiar lyrics
rLVw TIL that the “Red Zone” in France, where some of the most intense combat from WW1 took place, is utterly uninhabitable. Countless undetonated chemical weapons and explosives riddle the earth which, along with the tons of human remains, have rendered the soil and water highly toxic.