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TIL that Dave Grohl did not allow the TV show Glee to use any of Foo Fighters music despite pressure from the shows creator. Dave Grohl stated "F**k that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee."

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XEvwk [TIL] Ernest Shackleton, captain of Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and the ship was crushed on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice for 2 years until it disintegrated, then launched the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island, 720 m away.
YpoXr TIL Futurama creators came up with two alien languages placed throughout the entire show for fans to decipher, some fans believe there is a third language that has not been officially confirmed
YDRP TIL that a prominent American physicist thinks that scientists who are observing dark matter these days could very well be setting off a chain of events which annihilates the universe.
5P8p TIL prior to 1868, eating meat from four legged animals had been prohibited in Japan for more than a thousand years.
Brlrk TIL Warm blooded animals go into hibernation during winter while cold blooded animals go into brumation