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TIL Olympic bike racing involves biking as slowly as possible

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GYXLG TIL there was concern that red headed people with blue eyes were going extinct because only around 17% of people have blue eyes, and 1-2% have red hair -- the odds of having both traits is around 0.17%.
RKrl TIL A feral pig once drank 18 cans of beer, fought a cow and then passed out drunk under a tree
ZpVdB TIL that the House Sparrow, the most widely distributed wild bird, is only native to Eurasia. The ones found elsewhere were introduced and/or are an invasive species, often considered a pest and not protected by law.
R7nRQ TIL Phil Hartman, who voiced Simpsons characters Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure was murdered by his drug affected wife Brynn while he slept in 1998. SNL's Jon Lovitz partly blamed Andy Dick for re-introducing Brynn to drugs, which sparked an altercation where Lovitz smashed Dicks face into a bar.
kOOjE TIL of the Cistus plant which can self-ignite on fire under hot dry conditions, due to oils in its leaves.