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TIL two independent surveys found that over 60% of self-identifying vegetarians admitted to eating meat in the last 24 hours.

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e0Ew6 TIL that Jewel, the singer who had hits such as "Who Will Save Your Soul", "Foolish Games", and Roy and Pam's song from the office, "You Were Meant For Me", started her career in a yodeling duet with her father, until she moved to Michigan to study opera.
RNDQ TIL that the band Led Zeppelin got its name from a critic saying they would crash like a lead zeppelin(airship) and that the reason that they used Led instead of lead is because “the stupid Americans would pronounce it leed”
P1Q9n TIL Over the past decade there has been at least a four- to five-fold increase in the number of oral cancers in the US as a result of HVP infections. The odds of HPV-positive throat cancer increased five-fold in those patients with six or more oral sexual partners.
DNwp TIL During the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, tourists made bookings at the wrong Vancouver in Washington
e0915 TIL Murgatroyd - as in "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" - is a family name and not some nonsense made up for Snagglepuss