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TIL A popular Reddit post will earn more viewers than CNN gets in an entire week…including primetime.

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N7nR8 TIL Rick James and Neil Young were in a band together
loGga TIL of Bo-Taoshi, a sport played in Japan with 2 teams of 75 players each. The goal is to try and steal the flag of the opposing team. Absolute mayhem erupts shortly after the game starts with dozens of pumped-up players jumping on top of each other to reach the top of the flagpole.
jNvEQ TIL that despite all manner of theories and suggestions, Douglas Adams himself has said he chose 42 as ‘the answer to life, the universe and everything’, after simply staring out at his garden and choosing a ‘funny’ number, completely at random.
JY00j TIL: Queen Elizabeth the II actually used her powers in 1999 to prevent parliament from authorizing military strikes in Iraq without her consent. She is also completely and totally immune to any legal prosecution for any crime she could commit almost everywhere on earth.
ep7bE TIL the U.S. Department of Defense spent $41.6 million on Viagra and $84.24 million total on drugs for erectile dysfunction in 2014. Less than 10% of prescriptions were for troops, the rest went to retirees or family members covered by military health plans.