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TIL that Otis Redding recorded "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" just three days before his death in a plane crash

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7rO5M TIL That bears don’t poop while hibernating. Instead, their body creates a “fecal plug” which can be 7-15 inches long and 1-2.5 inches in diameter.
5pb9 TIL. Keanu Reeves turned down a $10 million offer for the main role in Speed 2, in favor of touring with his band and playing Hamlet in a theater production
ryAM TIL in 1795 the only known instance of a naval defeat by Cavalry occurred.
KjeB TIL that there is a disorder named Pica, which is often caused by iron or other mineral deficiencies. The person suffering from it craves for things which have no nutritional value such as paper, clay, metal, chalk, soil, glass, or sand.
nRjB TIL that fans were so fanatical about ‘Star Trek’ that they made Gene Roddenberry nervous. The TV show’s creator said “It frightens me when I learn of 10,000 people treating a Star Trek script as if it were Scripture. I certainly didn’t write Scripture”