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TIL that fireflies are actually beatles.

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jera TIL That at the start of the 20th century, Paris, France had a zoo full of confined humans from their colonies: Madagascar, Indochine, Sudan, Congo, Tunisia and Morocco. Over a million people visited the zoo.
l75wG TIL that Phil Collins spontaneously sang the lyrics to "In the Air Tonight". They were completely improvised and he didn't write them down until after singing them for the first time, on a piece of paper (which he still has) from his decorator.
QJK0a TIL the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands. They later cleaned up contaminated soil on Enewetak Atoll, only to later deposit 130 tons of soil from an irradiated Nevada testing site in the same place.
vY78 TIL that people with red hair need greater amounts of anesthetic than people of any other hair color. Also other studies show that women with naturally colored red hair require less painkillers.
lonwK TIL Dolly Parton gave each family who lost its primary residence in the 2016 TN fires $1,000 a month for five months. When she arrived to help dole out the final payments, she brought the nearly 900 families an unexpected bonus – another $5,000 each for a total of $10,000.