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TIL Neil Young wrote three hit songs in one night with a 103 degree fever.

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5YQBp TIL Tyrannosaurus rex was originally thought to have walked fully upright like a kangaroo, and was posed this way in numerous books and movies until the 1970s. Jurassic Park helped present a revised depiction of its posture to the public.
v1XG4 TIL approximately once every 18 months (on average) a total solar eclipse is visible from some place on the Earth’s surface
VW14 TIL Mississippi leads all states in percentage of same-sex couples raising children (26%) even though it doesn’t allow for same-sex adoption. Salt Lake City leads all cities (25%) even though same-sex adoption was illegal until October 2014.
DQV4r TIL the U.S. FDA has an “acceptable” level of bug parts in ground coffee (and other foods) that is between 4–6%.
ADB9o TIL that today, August 22, is the feast day of St. Guinefort, the Dog Venerated as a Saint