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TIL about Gram Parsons, a country-rock musician who died in 1973 and whose body was stolen by his road manager and partially cremated in Joshua Tree National Park.

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Oo9v6 TIL there are geographic regions called Blue Zones where people live exceptionally long lives. Some things they have in common are that they have mostly vegetarian diets, strong social lives, regular exercise, and drinking wine (moderately)
78Nb TIL That according to seismic readings, there is a reservoir of water under the Earth’s surface near Beijing, possibly as large as the Atlantic Ocean.
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b9484 TIL mandrills are the world's largest monkeys and they are found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. The red and blue pigments, which are highly favored by females, derive from light diffraction in facial collagen fibers. Every night, each mandrill group sleeps in a different tree.