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TIL Flea, the bassist from Red Hot Chili Peppers, is the voice of Donnie Thronberry from The Wild Thornberrys

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epxKE TIL a South Korean mayor had a ton of trash dumped on a pristine beach in southwest Jindo for International Coastal Cleanup Day so that 600 volunteers could carry out cleaning activities. He later apologized and said the event was meant to raise awareness about the seriousness of coastal waste.
0dRvA TIL Canada has only sentenced one person, Stanko Joseph Grmovsek, to prison for insider trading. He was the first and only person in Canadian history to serve a Federal sentence of imprisonment for insider trading. He was sentenced to 39 months in prison.
GAo85 TIL of Mallows Bay, where over 200 wooden ships were abandoned and burned at the end of WWI. Now the shipwrecks are a thriving ecosystem and the site is a National Marine Sanctuary.
e0AV4 TIL Pres. Ronald Reagan was a huge fan of Jelly Beans and once wrote to the head of Jelly Belly, saying "It's gotten to the point...where we can hardly start a meeting or make a decision without passing around a jar of jelly beans"
j6o1Q TIL Memory Palace, a mnemonic device dating back to ancient times, involves associating information with specific locations in your mind. By mentally navigating these spaces, individuals enhance their memory recall