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TIL that of the 77 Olympians competing in the golf tournament at the 1904 Summer Olympics, 74 of them represented the USA and 3 of them represented Canada. Canada won the Gold.

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R5g06 TIL the 1983 Talking Heads song "Burning Down The House" originated from the drummer seeing a Parliament Funkadelic concert and getting amped on the audience chanting "burn down the house!" It was added to a jam session.
kOaY5 TIL: that there are 200 fireproof copies (asbestos binding) of Fahrenheit 451.
nl79 TIL “Dog Welder” is a superhero whose only power is welding dead dogs to his enemies
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