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TIL in 1987 Neil Gaiman sketched a parody of Watchmen, "Watchdogs" which he suggested to artist Dave Gibbons as a spin off

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4XXb6 TIL An annual "Peeps Eating" contest is held each year at National Harbor in front of the Peeps & Company store. 2017 winner, Matt Stonie of California, ate 255 Peeps in five minutes.
wLrkY TIL In 1959, nine Russian hikers died mysteriously in the Ural Mountains. Known as the "Dyatlov Pass Incident," investigators concluded that the nine died could have died of a "compelling natural force" known as infrasound-induced panic
DQKKV TIL Miguel Indurain, 5-time Tour de France winner, had a resting heart rate of just 28 bpm
negV7 TIL that after recording "Cool Cat" with Queen, David Bowie had requested that his vocals be removed from the track just days before it was released publicly because he was "disappointed with his performance".
b9VPE TIL a study found that male light-to-moderate beer drinkers had smaller increases in weight than non-drinkers or heavy drinkers over 8.5 years.