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TIL Beck wrote all of Sex Bob-omb’s song for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

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l7okG TIL that life really might "flash before your eyes" upon death, according to EEG study of stroke victim by Univ. of British Columbia.
90eD TIL Nickelodeon buried a time capsule in 1992 with stuff like a Game Boy, Reebok Pump shoes, Home Alone on VHS, and Gak. It will be opened in 2042.
BMDL TIL that due to American Public Law 94-479, by the 94th Congress, George Washington is protected from being outranked by any officer in past, present, and future - so if there’s a 6 star general, Washington is automatically upgraded to 7.
X0neE TIL in the 1960s, gym students at La Sierra High School in CA, faced grueling physical challenges and were ranked by their shorts color: white for rookies, gold for elites, and Navy Blue for the rarest. Navy Blue required 34 pull-ups and carrying someone 5 miles. Only 19 students ever earned it.
WB8A TIL: Mexico is one of the few countries which has technical capabilities to manufacture nuclear weapons.However it has renounced them and pledged to only use its nuclear technology for peaceful purposes following the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1968.