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TIL Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar from Rugrats

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lwl1 TIL Russian hamsters are monogamous and particularly male hamsters may become very depressed if separated with their mate; becoming inactive, eating more and showing similar behavior to depressed humans.
9wwA7 TIL that the phrase ‘involuntary celibate’ was coined by Alana, a ‘nerdy queer woman’ who had never been on a date, and who wanted a name for her loneliness and the loneliness of others like her.
jV6X TIL Your brain is 40-60% fat, which gives it buoyancy to float in the surrounding cerebral fluid. Without this, your brain would be crushed under its own weight.
ZpoQp TIL The first mention of the word pizza seemingly comes from a notarial document written in Latin and dating to 997 CE from Gaeta, demanding a payment of "twelve pizzas, a pork shoulder, and a pork kidney on Christmas Day, and 12 pizzas and a couple of chickens on Easter Day
JYMA1 TIL John Lennon remarked that McCartney's only contribution to the Beatles was creating "silly love songs". McCartney responded by writing a song called "Silly Love Songs" which went on to become a #1 hit single.