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TIL Andrew Zimmern from “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern” was homeless before becoming a TV personality

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9YwAQ Ugh. You’re up an hour early, your body hates you for it, and even a gallon of coffee can’t get your day on track. Daylight saving sucks. But you know the worst part? It doesn’t have to be like this.
6VPW TIL While visiting New York City in 1931, Winston Churchill was hit by a car while leaving a taxi, as he looked right, but not left, for cars, as he was used to English roads.
wL0QM TIL an ibex is able to defies gravitt anc climb a dam
VMkM0 TIL that the rule of thumb “half your age plus seven” was in earlier sources understood as a formula to calculate the ideal age for the bride, instead of a lower limit for the suitable age.
wL4B7 TIL Uravan, CO was a mining town that provided uranium to the Manhattan Project. The town was shut down in 1968. Over the next 20 years, Uravan and its contents were completely demolished to decontaminate the area because of radiation.