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TIL the song "Slippin into Darkness" by WAR musically inspired "Get Up, Stand Up" by Tosh/Marley and was Marley's last song performed live.

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njNP TIL that despite the extreme cold in Antartica, there is a portion of it at it’s center that has no ice. This is due to a “dry valley” instance where precipitation does not enter (and thus no ice is created).
VeDk TIL in 1968, 20-year-old Barbara Mackle was kidnapped and buried alive inside a box containing an air pump, a lamp, water laced with sedatives, and food. Two plastic pipes provided her with outside air. Her kidnappers demanded and received a $500,000 ransom, and she was rescued three days later.
pY6N4 TIL the Hindenburg airship had a smoking lounge with one electric lighter
neDKo TIL that the inventor of the frisbee, Ed Hendrick, was cremated and had his ashes turned into frisbees.
QYDX TIL The Universal Edibility Test Is A Method Devised to Discern Edible Plants in a Survival Situation.