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TIL after writing the original theme song to "Monk," Jeff Beal was fired and replaced with Randy Newman. After he won an Emmy for the original theme, he was hired back and they made an episode in tribute to him about a fan who was mad they changed the original theme song of their favorite show.

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b6rrj TIL that our blood is red because it is rich in iron. Some animals have blue blood because it is rich in copper.
QJdv9 TIL about the Moghol people - descendants of the Mongol Empire's armies still living in modern-day Afghanistan
ob48 TIL if you are lost in the bush, 99% of the time you’ll walk in big circles as big as 1km. The human body will always walk to one side of something (trees in this case) and favour that side every time, unless you’re aware of this fault. There’s also a science to it.
GxoG TIL that in 1948, people believed a 15 ft tall penguin existed. Zoologist Ivan Sanderson invested and claimed it not a hoax. It turned out to be Tony Signorini stomping around in the sand wearing 30-pound, 3-toed lead shoes as a prank for 10 years.
d88aQ TIL MDMA or ecstasy, has been around for a very long time. It's been discovered as early as 1914, and done so by a pharmaceutical company from Germany called Merck. It was patented, but between its discovery and 1960’s when it was rediscovered, there is little mention of the drug