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TIL former Russian President Boris Yeltsin wrote in his autobiography that his views on communism were shattered after seeing an American supermarket for the first time in 1990.

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LQ5ar TIL the 2010 song Barbra Streisand by Duck Sauce was based on the 1979 song Gotta Go Home by Boney M. The Boney M Song was actually based on the 1973 song Hallo Bimmelbahn by the German band Nighttrain. The wooing vocal sound is meant to sound like a train.
P1ENE TIL Professional wrestler Scott Hall was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, years after killing a man in self defense. Hall wrestled away the drunken man’s gun, and shot him in the head, outside of Hall’s place of work.
ZQwG TIL 1/3rd of people in developed countries are infected with the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which causes lower reaction times, higher testosterone production, and more masculine/dominant faces. It is believed that it changes its host to increase the probability transmission to a new host.
loAdV TIL in 1958, Frank Herbert was talking with his friend from the Quileute tribe, whose lands were being destroyed due to excessive logging. The man said white people were "gonna turn this whole planet into a wasteland, just like North Africa." This inspired Herbert to write Dune.
R0l4 TIL 99% of women and 95% of men talk to their pets (and 93% of women/87% of men think their pets communicate back).