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TIL that there are crocodiles in the Himalayas

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6dLw TIL That Ted Bundy helped detectives by giving his perspective as a serial killer to help capture Gary Ridgeway, The Green River Killer.
neXW7 TIL about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, "the Godmother of Rock and Roll". Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique; among the first popular recording artists to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar and her technique had a profound influence on Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Keith Richards
wogLM TIL a barrel of oil contains 42 gallons. While the barrel as a unit of measurement for oil is 42 U.S. gallons, actual "drums" used in industry typically contain 55 U.S. gallons
N8wN TIL that “rods” and “hogshead” are actual measurement units, and when Grandpa Simpson claims his car “gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that’s the way I like it”, he’s boasting about getting just shy of 0.002 MPG.
4XPQR TIL that baker's yeast, used in making bread, is a single-cell microorganism found on and around the human body