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TIL Helter Skelter is a Roller Coaster in Britian

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my4R TIL that non-identical twins can have different fathers
Bx0W TIL there is an island the size of Manhattan in the Bay of Bengal whose inhabitants have had almost no contact with the outside world. It may be the last such place on earth.
9KPD Today I Learned In 2000, a fight broke out while Zevon was performing “Werewolves of London” at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Zevon stopped, waited for the fight to end, said “I bet this never happens at Sting concerts,” and continued the song.
worZE TIL During sleep, brain waves help flush waste out of the brain. Individual nerve cells coordinate to produce rhythmic waves that propel fluid through dense brain tissue, washing the tissue in the process
wLY5M TIL of the Idiot Plot, defined by Roger Ebert, where a story is only happening because all of the characters involved are being idiots (not sharing key info, jumping to assumptions, etc)