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TIL that "Weird Al" Yankovic released "Polkamon", a song that featured briefly during the credits of "Pokémon: The Movie 2000".

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bDE9 TIL of “The Green Man”, a man severely disfigured as a child who would take long walks only at night in western Pennsylvania. Urban legends at the time said he glowed green, whereas in fact he was real person who was liked by his family and neighbors.
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