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TIL the ice cream truck jingle most Americans grew up with was used in minstrel shows, so RZA (of Wu-Tang Clan) created a new, publicly-available ice cream jingle

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e0Pgb TIL that the French writer and philosopher Georges Bataille founded a secret society called Acéphale to explore ritualism and human sacrifice, but apparently everyone volunteered to be the sacrificial victim and no one wanted to be the executioner so no sacrifice was ever carried out.
Lko40 TIL that the height limit on Washington, DC buildings has been in place since 1910 and has nothing to do with the height of the Washington Monument or the Capital Dome. Instead, height limits are based on the width of each street.
QJePX TIL about (US) East coast vs West coast butter
wLnr6 TIL that Isaac Asimov died from complications of HIV. In 1983 got HIV from a blood transfusion during heart surgery. His doctors told him to keep it quiet. 10 Ten years later, after most of Asimov's physicians had died, Asimov's family agreed that the HIV story should be made public.
XE8Rk TIL scientists have considered genetically modifying cats to glow near radiation to warn future generations of nearby nuclear waste, and wrote a song to help people remember.