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TIL that the time zone UTC-12:00 is the only one that is completely uninhabited

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7rGmr TIL the hats worn by the band Devo are called "Energy Domes"
MebkA TIL John Franzese was a mob boss who was taped by an informant discussing the ideal method of disposing of a body. He recommended taking 30 minutes to an hour to dismember the body in a kiddie pool, dry the parts in a microwave and finally mulch them in a commercial grade garbage disposal.
oBymE TIL the Bikini swimsuit was introduced by Louis Réard four days after the first nuclear device was detonated over the Bikini Atoll. Réard hoped that his swimsuit's revealing style would create an "explosive commercial and cultural reaction" similar to the social reaction the nuclear explosion.
loN07 Why is your cat purring? He might be happy to see you, or hungry, or hurt...or he might just be trying to regenerate his bones.
bZyQ TIL that the spandex name was chosen as an anagram of “expands”