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TIL Bambi is a boy!!!

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PYkPL TIL that the Guinness world record for the longest album title is held by Chumbawamba, with a 156 word long album usually shortened to "The Boy Bands Have Won". (Full title in comments)
n80Y TIL only one white man has ever run 100 meters in under 10 seconds. The other 75 men who have done it were all black.
PYo9w TIL in 1991, 60 Minutes suggested red wine was the answer to the "French Paradox" (France enjoys a low incidence of heart disease despite a diet high in saturated fats). Within a year, American consumption of wine increased 40% and some wine sellers began promoting their products as "health food".
5V5KP TIL about the pet blood bank, an amazing charity in the UK that asks pet owners to let their pets donate blood. Dogs have either positive or negative blood, and negative blood can be used for any dog in need.
YWld TIL Anderson Cooper spent two summers as an intern at the CIA