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TIL that the Pointer Sisters provided the vocals for the long running Sesame Street "Pinball Number Count" animated segment.

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xdMg TIL that in 2006, the makers of Listerine sued the makers of Crest for saying that four out of five dentists recommended Crest mouthwash. They claimed that the 269 dentists surveyed were each paid $75 for participating.
0wLjR TIL about Tidal locking when rotation and translation takes the same time. For example, the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. And almost all bodies will eventually be tidal locked.
neeJB TIL if a daddy longlegs loses one leg to a predator, it then walks with a 'strot' where it dribbles its body on the ground like a basketball with every stride. If it loses two legs, it turns to 'bobbing,' where the vertical plane of movement becomes pronounced
bbQE TIL of Stanley Bender who WALKED towards enemy machine gun nests and killed their occupants after standing on a knocked out tank for 2 minutes to scout out their positions
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