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TIL Korn performed the theme song for the 2002 Twilight Zone series

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nW6Vr TIL that during WW2 when penicillin production could not keep up with demand, medics would collect the urine of treated patients, separate the penicillin out and administer it to other patients.
v154x TIL Elephants are evolving to be tuskless after decades of poaching pressure
N7r6J TIL that in Japan, Valentine's Day is a day when girls buy chocolates and other gifts for boys they like. A month later, on March 14th, is called White Day. On that day, the boys will buy gifts to give back to the girls who bought them gifts on Valentine's Day.
N7VD6 TIL of the Murray Gell-Man Amnesia Effect, i.e., we give newspapers the benefit of the doubt even after we catch them being inaccurate on subjects we know about. (Term was coined by Michael Crichton in "Why Speculate?")
5Y1ER Today I learned Australia has re-started industrial logging old growth forests in bush fire affected areas