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TIL that Avril Lavigne twice won MVP in a boys' pee-wee hockey league.

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PYvoL TIL that before it was possible to measure blood sugar directly from the blood, diabetes was sometimes detected by testing whether or not ants were attracted to the sweetness of the urine.
l79aA TIL the Bantu term "Mzungu" (a derogatory for White people) originally meant "wanderers" and referred to European explorers.
rNAk1 TIL The WR pace for running 100 miles is 6:31/mile, and for 50 miles it is 5:48/mile !!!
rOAo TIL NASA conducted a bed-rest study that paid participants $17,000 to stay in bed for 90 days.
LL6Z TIL President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car and would scare his guests by driving into a lake, screaming about brake failure.