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TIL Frankie Muniz (Malcolm from Malcolm in the Middle) is now a drummer for kingsfoil and a professional race car driver.

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Wkw1N TIL that Six Flags Amusement Park is named that way because of the 6 different flags that have governed over the state of Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America. The first Six Flags park was Six Flags Over Texas.
p8Vo4 TIL: the deep ocean is heterogenous and made up of discrete water masses, which can be tracked, measured, and dated; some water masses are up to 1,500 years old!
rNYa4 TIL A dead body left on Mars would dry out and mummify better than Egyptian mummies. The first few stages — algor mortis (body cools), livor mortis (blood pools), and rigor mortis (muscles stiffen) — would still take place. But there would be no other overt signs of decomposition.
DQ6p TIL Mattel’s best-selling Ken doll is Earring Magic Ken. An unintentionally gay doll wearing a purple vest, mesh shirt, and chrome cock ring necklace.
re81 TIL The name Six Flags comes from the flags of the six different nations that have governed Texas