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TIL that Led Zeppelin was originally called “Lead Zeppelin” but they dropped the “a” because they didn’t want people to pronounce it “Leed Zeppelin”

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PZQg TIL of Rabbit Starvation, a rare form of malnutrition that occurs when exclusively eating extremely lean meats, like rabbit. Since rabbit meat is so lean, if someone eats only rabbit they will starve to death.
1gZd TIL Wall Street’s iconic 7,100lb bronze Charging Bull sculpture is actually an illegal piece of street art
98nQ TIL that scientists can make diamonds out of tequila
D1KyJ TIL of JNG Whistler, who was part of a famous military family, and cousin to James Whistler, who was the painter of Whistler's Mother. JNG would find himself in Dakota Territory, where he would save the lives of countless Dakota Indians.
1ad5P TIL presenteeism—the problem of workers’ being on the job but, because of illness or other medical conditions, not fully functioning appears to be a much costlier problem than its productivity-reducing counterpart, absenteeism.