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TIL The Price is Right announcer Rod Roddy has “come on down!” written on his tombstone.

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xVR7B TIL that daily or weekly streak doesn’t motivate people to continue doing something once it’s discontinued. Rather, it’s better to show the total number of days that you did something since the number will never be decreased and never demotivate users.
X0OMX TIL Candice Bergen was the first female host of Saturday Night Live
D1Emr TIL that some species of turtle can breathe through their butt. When hibernating under ice-covered water, the turtles cannot come up to breathe. Since their metabolism is so slow in winter, they don't need much oxygen, so they are able to obtain it by sucking water into the cloaca.
Q6E6 TIL in 2009, David Booth, a park ranger in Scotland, packed up his metal detector, drove to a field, and scored big. His first sweep yielded 4 gold neck bands, from the first century B.C.—the most important hoard of Iron Age gold found in Scotland to date.
ADbpw TIL of Japan group "Kakuhido" which roughly translates as "Revolutionary Alliance of Men that Women find Unattractive," founded by a man dumped by his girlfriend on Christmas. On Valentine's Day 2015, 7 men showed up to march in protest of the commercialized day where women buy chocolate for men.