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TIL that 25% of all known animals are beetles.

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R5Wxa TIL in 1977 singer Bonnie Tyler had an operation to remove vocal cord nodules and was told to rest her voice for six weeks. One day she screamed in frustration causing permanent vocal damage. This lead to her distinctive husky voice which has been a huge asset in her career.
neP5G TIL it is illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey
N7pr1 TIL that so prevalent is the empty cardboard box's reputation as a plaything that in 2005 a cardboard box was added to the National Toy Hall of Fame.
eJr5 TIL that in 1915, a man named Charles Hatfield convinced the town of San Diego that he could create rainfall using a secret mix of chemicals. The city offered to pay him $10,000 if he could end their drought, and the result!, a few days later, was the town’s worst flood of the 20th century.
jbKj TIL in 1979, tens of thousands of rock fans gathered at a Chicago stadium to destroy disco vinyls. That day became known as “the day disco died”.