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TIL Cookie Monster has a ‘real name’ — and it isn’t Cookie Monster

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16OR4 TIL the residents of Kalachi, Kazakhstan suffered from an affliction that caused them to fall asleep during daily activities for days or weeks on end. Officially, the explanation was carbon monoxide from a nearby abandoned uranium mine.
xVMpD TIL Charles Bello bought 240 acres of redwoods for $45,000 in 1968 to protect them from logging and continues to live there today in a parabolic cabin powered by solar power
KYj89 TIL that Plymouth, Montserrat is the only De Jure capital city with a population of 0
VnlQ TIL 3 Musketeers originally came 3 pieces to a package, one chocolate, one strawberry, and one vanilla. Hence the name. This changed in 1945 when WWII caused the strawberry and vanilla flavors to be too expensive.
m1xEp TIL that a 2014 report found that the mortality rate for professional wrestlers was significantly higher than that of athletes in other sports.