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TIL you can Street View around the Old City in Jerusalem

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0dXpM TIL that in 2002, Chumbawamba accepted $100k from General Motors for the rights to use one of their songs in a Pontiac commercial. The band then donated it to a corporate watchdog group that used the money to launch an information campaign against GM.
6lkl TIL Ancient Greeks used to go to the gym naked – the word ‘gymnasium’ means “school for naked exercise”.
QjZd TIL that eating 1400 Slim Jims will kill a person via sodium nitrate poisoning
R740l TIL Quokkas have a survival instinct which triggers when a mother is threatened by a predator. She will throw her baby at the predator, which will hiss at the predator while the mother makes her escape.
j6oDn TIL Heat stroke can lead to septic shock, necrosis, and multi-organ failure