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TIL ‘mahna mahna’ song in the Muppets was originally written for a Swedish porno.

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8a1b4 TIL that a new microbe called a hemimastigote was found in Nova Scotia. The Hemimastix kukwesjijk is not a plant, animal, fungus, or protozoa — it constitutes an entirely new kingdom.
1ag1O TIL Most foods are safely consumable 2-3 years past their expiration date as the FDA has no regulation of these numbers. It's estimated that 40% of all the annual food waste in the USA is able to be healthily consumed.
Eyyx TIL that because of its prison system, the US is the only country in the world where more men are raped than women.
wo0NW TIL US taxpayers funded the development of every drug approved in the decade 2010-2019.
9Ybmp TIL that J.K Rowlings real name is Joanne Rowling. She called herself J.K Rowling because she didn't want her targeted audience (boys) to not want to read her book because it was written by a girl.