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TIL that that yodeler Wylie Gustafson, was paid $590 to record the famous “Ya-hooooooooo-oooo” clip for Yahoo. He was told it would be a regional ad only, but two years later it was used during Yahoo’s Super Bowl halftime commercial.

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8aaR8 TIL about the Dunbar's number. It is a theoretical upper limit of the people one can maintain stable relationships with. Suggested between 100 and 250. So if a town's population is below the Dunbar's number, it is more likely to have harmony and peace that a larger town or city.
E1G7o TIL that pumpernickel, a type of rye bread, is named after the Germanic word "pumpern" meaning flatulent, and "Nickel" a reference to to Old Nick (a familiar name for Satan). The dense bread is hard to digest, causing excess flatulence. Hence pumpernickel means "the devil's fart."
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