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TIL: In Finland, there’s a dinosaur metal band for children.

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D6Ke TIL that the Buddy, the Golden Retriever who starred in ‘Airbud,’ was actually a stray rescued in the Sierra Nevada mountains. In the film, Airbud is also a stray who gets rescued after being abandoned by his owner.
4Xm85 TIL that a ballerina was diagnosed with a detached retina in 1941 and had eye surgery. She had bed rest for 3 months, but still moved her feet. The op failed, as did another. For her third, she had a year’s bed rest. Her husband sat with her every day, using their fingers to teach her ballet.
GAvQj TIL that when Frank Zappa’s son was born, the nurse refused to register him with the name “Dweezil,” so Zappa started listing names of musicians he knew, which became his son’s legal name(s). When Dweezil was five, his parents fought to legally change his name to Dweezil at his request and won.
neN49 TIL It's National Do Nothing Day. A day to not celebrate, observe or honor anything
b6Or7 TIL that babies have a reasting heart rate of 100 to 160 BPM