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TIL That starving male humans can sense the Earths geomagnetic field when under blue light and with a previous food association. The mechanism is unknown but thought to be entangled radical pairs in the eye.

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oBOX7 Today I learned that Tame Impala was accused of plagiarizing South American pop early 90s icon "Pablito Ruiz"
9YxoX TIL that the term “Cup Of Joe” is named after Josephus Daniels. Daniels, a former secretary of the US Navy, banned the consumption of alcohol in the Navy. Thus, increasing the consumption of coffee which was referred to as a “a cup of Josephus Daniels” which was later shortened to “a cup of Joe”
8ev8P TIL Sudan has twice as many pyramids as Egypt
awLgA TIL - that putting sugar in a gas tank does not ruin the engine, and is no worse than getting sand in the tank.
DQDOg TIL that Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band were so poor during the recording of Trout Mask Replica that they often had to resort to stealing to feed themselves, one time even getting arrested for doing so; they were bailed out by Frank Zappa.