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TIL Dave Bickler, original lead singer of the band Survivor, spent his later career focusing on voice over and vocal work in advertisements, notably Bud Light's Real Men of Genius commercial series.

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19DW TIL that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was invented in 1939 as an advertising copywriter for the Montgomery Ward department store, who was inspired by his own downtrodden life, as well as The Ugly Duckling story, to create the adventure of a misfit reindeer with a glowing red nose
ggxD TIL Freakonomics sent boneless cat corpses to 3 different pet crematoriums, only to receive back 3 different sets of ashes. The only issue is that ashes are the remnants of bones - everything else burns away.
D1yRg TIL that Mountain Lions, Cougars, and Pumas are nearly the exact same animal. The differences between them are similar to the differences between house cats rather than type of cat.
N7G8 TIL Sea Otters have a favourite rock, which they store in a pouch under their arm (usually the left)
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