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TIL: The Beatles did it 30 years before Nirvana. Refusing to properly fake it on Top of the Pops.

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X0Z96 TIL That The Cillian in Cillian Murphy Is Pronounced Like The Beer, Killian
dDmEQ TIL about the TOP 1 Ack Attack, the record holder for world's fastest motorcycle, with a top speed of 394 mph. The Ack Attack is powered by two 1,299 cc Suzuki Hayabusa engines, intercooled with dry ice, that produce over 900 horsepower.
GANL5 TIL, "Ratfucking" which means the pillaging of the most desirable part of Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) is common in the US military. In this situation, the more senior personnel will open up the packages, take the best ones of each MRE packages while leaving the trash ones for the newbies.
ZPOD TIL:People with dark eye color have faster reaction times than those with lighter eye colors.
5YO5B TIL James Harrison holds the record for 1000 blood plasma donations and has helped save more than 2 million babies, since his blood plasma, which contains an unusual antibody, was used to develop Anti-D injection that prevents the rhesus disease among new born babies.