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TIL Polar Bear skin is actually Black and it’s Hair is made of Keratin protein.

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4kD06 TIL of the complicated I Dig It tax loophole. It's an intentionally defective grantor trust, or IDGT, for short and allows for someone to decrease their estate with no gift or transfer tax consequences. The IRS has never blessed the loophole but it says its powerless to stop it.
1aEQd TIL that Weird Al Yankovic turned The Offspring's hit "Come Out and Play" into an ode about doing laundry called "Laundry Day" (you gotta keep 'em separated), but the parody song was never officially recorded.
p8plZ TIL electric eels are not actually eels, can jump out of the water to attack prey, make nests out of saliva, and are air breathers.
woe6Y TIL that Pat Benatar has never had a #1 hit - two of her hits went to #5 and none went higher.
yEGV TIL a Go tornament was in progress when the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The game was about to enter its 3rd and final day of play when the bomb dropped. The explosion damaged the building and injured attendees, but play was resumed after a break and the game was played to a conclusion that day