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TIL that 50% of vinyl record buyers in the U.S. don’t own a record player to play their vinyl on.

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Dpgg TIL that the phrase “spittin’ image” is a shortening of the phrase “spit and image,” indicating that a child is both the spit (substance) and image (likeness) of their parents.
0dXQ5 TIL that a brain can be large but made of relatively few neurons if those neurons are huge, like in an elephant; primate neurons are small, and bird neurons are even tinier.
EMep TIL The jungle in Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise is now it’s own fully functioning ecosystem and no longer requires landscaping.
x67mD TIL about Daisen Kofun, the tomb of 5th century Japanese emperor Nintoku, and largest tomb in the world by surface area
nXO9 TIL Jesus had four brothers and several unnamed sisters and the Church attempted to discredit this theory ever since the Bible existed