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TIL The song “La Cucaracha” Is about Cockroaches, Marijuana and Death.

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R954 TIL That 2 damaged Israeli Centurion tanks during the Yom Kippur War, fought & completely destroyed 60 Syrian T-55’s & T-62’s, annihilating the Tank division in the Golan Heights and ultimately halting their advance.
R5Mm7 TIL that for the last 100-200 years, we’ve been living through the 6th (or 7th) recognized mass extinction event. Extinction rates are currently estimated to be 100 to 1000 times higher than before. The Holocene Extinction is a result of humans destroying habitats and killing too many animals.
PmeE TIL Penn & Teller created a Sega Game in the 90s called ‘Desert Bus.’ The Objective is to drive in a straight line from Tucson, Arizona, to Las Vegas, Nevada. The Journey takes aprox 8 hours, cannot be paused and you are awarded 1 point every time you complete it.
l70xA TIL that 110 years ago members of the Colorado National Guard opened fire and killed 21 coal miners and their family members when they were on strike for better working conditions.
6dAQ TIL the Asian “flush” raises a red flag for increased cancer risk