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TIL more Americans identify as Independent than as Democrat or Republican

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kOjA4 TIL that Axolotls can regenerate the same organs and limbs up to 5 times, including its heart, arms, spine and parts of it's brain!
e0wYJ TIL actor/voice actor that voiced Skeletor, Alan Oppenheimer, has voiced many characters including Mighty Mouse, Falcor from The Neverending Story, and Thundarr the Barbarian. He's also related to Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the nuclear bomb.
5V5XR TIL The original lyrics to 'Le Freak' were 'fuck off'. Written after the band was denied entry to Studio 54 New Years eve 1977.
waW8 TIL that in 2007, just before Australia’s federal election, it was revealed former PM Kevin Rudd had attended a New York strip club while serving in parliament, but a poll released shortly after showed that Rudd’s approval rating had INCREASED since the revelations. He went on to win the election.
e0rn4 TIL, Disney's the Parent Trap was an adaptation of a German novel that had been adapted three times, in three different countries before Disney got the rights to it