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TIL that The Offspring’s “Pretty Fly For A White Guy” uses the same sample in the beginning as Def Leppard’s “Rock Of Ages”

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LkK5d TIL Scientists are digging up Adélie penguin guano(poop) to study millennia of Antarctica’s history.
R74Wj TIL Paradoxical Undressing is a phenomenon which is frequent in cases of lethal hypothermia. Before dying, the person undresses as if they were burning up, when in fact they are freezing. People who have died frozen are often found naked and are mistakenly identified as victims of a violent crime
pdeA TIL a man wore 70 items of clothing at an airport to avoid a baggage charge
wLbGY TIL a majority of Los Angeles County residents speak a language other than English at home including 38% that speak Spanish and 11% that speak an Asian or Pacific Islander language
OaBX TIL There is a sport originating from Finland in which a man races an obstacle course while carrying his wife, and is rewarded for a win by her weight in beer.