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TIL that "Disco Duck," a novelty disco song featuring a talking duck, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976

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V7KB TIL Project MARAUDER, a coaxial plasma railgun powered by the SHIVA STAR capacitor bank, was designed by the USAF and capable of “[producing] doughnut shaped rings of plasma and balls of lightning that exploded with devastating effects when hitting its target.” It was classified in 1993.
DQvre TIL 🐈 Catnip Oil performs better than Deet Against Mosquitos 🦟. It is also has no environmental impact comparatively making it a great natural solution.
Vdl4 TIL that before becoming one of the original cast members of SNL, Chevy Chase played drums for a band called the Leather Canaries…who later become the legendary Steely Dan
l6AA TIL the Rhinoceros Party was a registered party in Canada during 1960s to 90s, led by Cornelius, a rhinoceros, and promised to repeal the law of gravity and change Canada’s currency to bubble gum, so it could be inflated or deflated at will.
1aoGV TIL The term "goose" is properly used for a female bird, while "gander" refers specifically to a male. Young birds before fledging are called goslings. A group on the ground is a gaggle; when in flight, they are called a skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a plump.