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TIL That Jokes About Violas Have Been Around For A Couple Hundred Years

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5wZD TIL he world record for longest, most accurate shot with a bow is made by an armless man, hitting the target 230 yards away.
6NJW TIL: Large brains of tiny spiders overflow into their legs | Human World | EarthSky
woyvJ TIL in 2023 Andre 3000's song "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time", off his album New Blue Sun, set the record for the longest song to ever chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The 12-minute and 20-second track hit the chart at No. 90.
GYOYj TIL that B92, a dissident radio station in Serbia, played Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' on repeat when they were banned from broadcasting news. The song became an anti-Milošević anthem in 1991.
DQErJ TIL about magnolia plants are so old that they are pollinated by beetles, because they were around before the advent of bees.