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TIL there are currently only about 24 blimps in existence, and half of them are used for advertising.

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YZKG TIL In the song ‘The Sounds of Silence’ by Simon and Garfunkle, the lyric 'Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again’ was created from Paul Simon often playing guitar in the bathroom with the lights off and faucet running.
0w7Rp TIL the stadion, formerly also anglicized as stade, was an ancient Greek unit of length, based on the circumference of a typical sports stadium of the time; showing how we're not the first to measure some things in football fields.
xlV7 TIL that the symptoms of the mental disorder called Koro involve an intense fear that one’s genitals are fatally retracting into one’s body. It is most common among Asians
E1nm7 TIL getting goosebumps from music is a rare condition that actually implies different brain structure. People who experience goosebumps from music have more fibers connecting their auditory cortex and areas associated with emotional processing, meaning the two areas can communicate better.
l7EMa TIL It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has never won an Emmy in its entire run. It has never even been nominated in a major category with three nominations for Outstanding Stunt Coordination being the only ones it has ever received.