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TIL Tom Hanks and Dan Ackroyd did a rap /dance video for their movie Dragnet

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e0456 TIL That in 1992, A North Dakotan teen, John Thompson, was home alone when he had both of his arms chopped off by a tractor in a freak farming accident. However, he still managed to get up, go inside, and dial for help via holding a pencil in his mouth. He survived.
4kep5 TIL the name Teddy Bear comes from President Theodore Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear
WkojY TIL Anaxagoras (c 510-428 BC) was the first to correctly explain eclipses. He also theorized the Sun was a star and that stars were burning rocks but the other stars are too far away to feel their heat
wvPP TIL: that The word “companion”, from the Latin word, com meaning “with” and panis meaning “bread”.
P5XE TIL the song “99 Bottle Of Beer” ends with “No more bottles of beer on the wall, no more bottles of beer. You go to the store and buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall”