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TIL that pantera was a special guest band on spongebob square pants in the episode “Prehibernation Week”.

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x6aVB TIL those concrete dividers on highways and streets are called Jersey barriers. Originally invented in the 1950s for use in New Jersey, they were first poured in place but are now pre-made and modular or even plastic. Taller varieties are used as defenses outside US military bases.
xbWk TIL there are many species of hallucinogenic fish, that can affect you for days, with no known active compound
KYZnw TIL that Gov George Wallace of Alabama’s wife had cancer, but she didn’t know because he didn’t tell her. Doctors back then only told the husband.
9YbeX TIL, female spotted hyenas have 7 inch pseudo penises
myXy TIL that Orcas Island, famous for its resident pods of orcas, was actually named after Horcasitas, the Viceroy of Mexico, who sponsored an expedition there in 1791. Whereas the animal name “orca” originated in Ancient Rome. So “Orcas Island” is probably the most coincidental place name on Earth.