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TIL The most popular song in the world is an Irish rebel tune: the Wolfe Tone’s version of “A Nation Once Again”, according to a dubious 2002 poll by the BBC

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v16p8 TIL that while performing the role of Achilles in the film Troy, Brad Pitt damaged his Achilles tendon so badly that production was delayed for several weeks.
9JGX TIL that low gravity makes it difficult to tell if your bladder is full, because the bladder’s stretch receptor nerves don’t feel the weight of the liquid. Astronauts are trained to empty their bladders every two hours because of this.
9BJr TIL a man was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison even though two lawyers received a confession from their client but couldn’t say anything because of attorney-client privilege prevented them from implicating their client.
wbNM TIL nothing rots at the bottom of the ocean
AA8B TIL bat droppings contain numerous infectious organisms, many of which if disseminated to the brain could make you literally “bat shit crazy”.