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TIL James Earl Jones was an Army Infantry Officer after graduating from the University of Michigan’s ROTC program

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69dnJ TIL about the My Way Killings. Since 1998, 12 people have been murdered in karaoke bars in the Philippines for singing Frank Sinatra's, My Way and no-one really knows why.
lnDB TIL Django Unchained has one of the highest, if not the highest usage of the N-word, being said 110 times
EZgp TIL that there is a “sonic boom” for light, when something travels faster than the speed of light moving through a medium (so it’s slowed down). The result is a brilliant blue glow.
R5NXQ TIL Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
D1pQV TIL It’s hypothesized that warm-bloodedness evolved in mammals and birds because it provided defense against fungal infections. Very few fungi can survive the body temperatures of warm-blooded animals. By comparison, insects, reptiles, and amphibians are plagued by fungal infections.