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TIL that sunlight provides a protective effect against influenza and other viruses

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P15O TIL: There is a species of jellyfish that is potentially immortal.
4vL6 TIL in 1963 San Francisco Giants manager Alvin Dark is said to have joked, They’ll put a man on the moon before pitcher Gaylord Perry hits a home run. 1 hour after the 1969 moon landing he hit his first career homerun.
wLdvY TIL of a Floridian man who committed suicide, and by using a weather balloon to carry off the gun, made it appear he'd been murdered.
grnYL TIL artificial vanilla flavoring used to be made with castoreum, a sac located under a beaver's anus.
Bg0OD TIL that the game-opening jingle to Konami's 1981 Sega arcade classic "Frogger" was based on an existing real song INU NO OMAWARISAN (犬のおまわりさん) composed by Yoshimi Satō in 1960.