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TIL Myron Noodleman, the clown famous for performing at minor league ballparks, was the uncle of SNL alum Bill Hader.

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eGyk TIL to honor the Breaking Bad series finale in 2013, an Albuquerque mental health clinic gave away two 12-week scholarships to their “Breaking Addiction” program to addicts unable to afford treatment. Applicants had to write personal stories about their struggles with addiction.
oD0K TIL that vampire bats will die if they can’t find blood for two nights in a row. Luckily, generous well-fed bats will often regurgitate blood to share with others, in exchange for grooming. This has been noted by many naturalists as an example of reciprocal altruism in nature.
M7jAA TIL that at the onset of War in the Pacific Franklin Delano Roosevelt knew extremely detailed information about every island in the Pacific, which he learned thanks to his hobby of stamp collecting
4XOeN TIL that the jingu shinto shrine in Ise, Japan has been demolished and rebuilt every 20 years since the year 690. Even the objects inside the shrine are rebuilt except the sacred mirror
m1aLO TIL the last trading post created by the Hudson Bay Company was founded in 1937