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TIL Johnny Cash voice recorded himself reading the entire King James New Testament, and is available to listen to.

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J1AnQ TIL: Black people with blond hair occur naturally in the islands Melanesia
XE9Dr TIL that Carfentanyl (think "normal" Fentanyl but on crack) is so potent that it can be used as a chemical weapon. It was most likely used during the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis as an aerosol mist to subdue the Chechen hostage takers.
Bg8Be TIL that Zambia entered the 1964 Olympics as a British Colony and exited it as an independent country, gaining independence on the same day as the closing cereomny
oBBE8 Scientists explain what causes hair to grow everywhere but the head as we age.
x6jvw TIL in 1987 a female orca off the Pacific coast of North America was spotted sporting a dead salmon on her head. Within weeks, individuals in two other pods also began wearing fish hats. The trend lasted a few months, then fizzled out within a year.