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TIL US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is the frontman for his own band called Ablinken, with songs such as “Lip Service” published on Spotify

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0xv1 TIL: On August 13, 1966, in response to John Lennon’s “More popular than Jesus” comment, a radio station in Texas held a burning of Beatles merchandise. The next day, the broadcast tower was struck by lightning, damaging much of their equipment and sending the news director to the hospital.
BrYxK TIL the typical American household has an average of $8,863 in their savings account. This varies greatly by age though, with ages 34 and younger who are single having $2,729, while ages 75 and older who are single only having $9,981.
XjlD TIL If kidney cells didn’t have aquaporins, which allow cells to reclaim water from urine, humans would have to excrete about 180 L of urine per day.
neVNW Today I learned that the lead singer of The Offspring is a doctor fighting to cure HIV
kJWJ1 TIL in 1900, an unknown boy was hired as coswain by the Dutch team for the Olympic rowing event. The team received a gold medal