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TIL La Cucaracha is about a cockroach that dies because it can’t smoke weed.

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oBlKK TIL Joaquin Phoenix began calling himself "Leaf" as a child, having been inspired by spending time outdoors raking leaves and desiring to have a nature-related name like his siblings. This became the name he used as a child actor, until he changed it back to Joaquin at age 15.
W7xZ8 TIL a Victorian hack of growing rhubarb in complete darkness - except for the light of a single candle - produces a sweeter and redder result
mxlGY TIL College football player Jake Butt won the “Tight End of the Year” award 2 years back to back.
W7Nw9 TIL of miasma theory, an abandoned medical theory, that held that that diseases such as cholera were caused by “bad air”. Some academics suggested the theory extended to other conditions as well, such as becoming obese by inhaling the odor of food.
9ybQ TIL that Marion Tinsley played checkers for 45 years and lost only 7 games. He once beat a computer program, and later analysis showed that Tinsley had played the only possible winning strategy from 64 moves out.