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TIL Britney Spears’ Toxic sampled its famous hook from a 1981 Bollywood musical.

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ODQR TIL a Man Ran 350 miles in 80 hours with no sleep, Ran a marathon in the South Pole in -13 degree weather and ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days.
NXpGJ TIL the 80s toys called M.U.S.C.L.E is actually an acronym for “millions of unusually small creatures lurking everywhere.”
LZ9v TIL During WW2, a US politician got 800 sailors killed after bragging to the press about the Japanese setting off depth charges too early.
DQEAj TIL that Atropine (the drug used to dilate eyes) is made from the "Belladonna plant". The name "bella donna" is derived from Italian and means "beautiful woman", because the herb was used hundreds of years ago by women to dilate their pupils to make them appear seductive.
PY6nG TIL that due to the scarcity of food in their natural habitat, newborn wild Axolotls will resort to cannibalism and eat their siblings' limbs. The victims still have chances to survive though, since the Axolotl can regenerate not only limbs but major organs such as gills at any stage in its life.