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TIL a SIGNIFICANT portion of Chumbawamba’s discography is sociopolitical folk music

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PYeJZ TIL that The Beatles wanted to make a Lord Of The Rings movie before Peter Jackson did, however Tolkien refused to let them.
E19Xo TIL Charles Darwin's grandad, Erasmus Darwin, conceived a rocket engine in 1779. It used oxygen and hydrogen for fuel, the same fuels NASA's rockets use today, 200+ years later.
xEBw TIL a bite from a grizzly bear can crush a bowling ball
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5YEMD TIL of Banana Equivalent Dose, an informal measurement of ionizing radiation exposure in comparison to radioactivity dose one is exposed to by eating one average-sized banana.