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TIL an Australian teen actually rode a whale and then got in trouble for it

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78QyZ TIL that only between 45 and 85% of people experience goosebumps or chills in response to emotionally moving music, etc.
4XgdJ TIL in 1988 McDonalds gave out flexi-disc records where group of singers rapped the entire McDonalds menu. If the singers made it to the end without messing up, you had a prize record that won you $1 million.
Ypl1v TIL rapper Too Short managed to sell 50,000 copies of his album "Born to Mack" from the trunk of his car.
oRkyE TIL The newly independent nation of Zambia launched a space program in the 1960's. 13 people were chosen for space training which included tasks like swinging on a swing and rolling down a hill inside an oil drum. The program ended when the only female trainee got pregnant by another trainee
m1k9M TIL of John Thompson who had both his arms torn off in a farming accident as a teen in 1992. He went inside the house, phoned for help using a pencil in his mouth, then sat in the bathtub to prevent blood from getting on the new carpet. Both arms were reattached, but he can't fully use his hands.