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TIL that Stephen Colbert testified before Congress about Migrant Workers in the US and at one point asked that a video of his colonoscopy be submitted to the Congressional record.

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QJrvL TIL that classic rock musician Todd Rundgren formed a band in Philly in the late-60’s called Nazz that was moderately successful, while at the same time in Phoenix another band formed calling themselves Nazz also, but after releasing one single they moved to LA and renamed themselves Alice Cooper
neQNW TIL There was an Asian Elephant named Osama Bin Laden that was rogue and killed 27 people during its lifetime, before being killed in a ‘shoot-to-kill’ operation.
0d4Zj TIL: Princess Diana is estimated to have been subjected to 70 g's during the crash that killed her and died from a torn pulmonary artery resulting from the extreme deceleration from 65 to 0 mph
AMQ7 TIL gender studies expert Dr. Warren Farrell said that after moving from the women’s movement to the men’s movement, he went from making $500,000/yr to going $70,000 into debt.
0Yop TIL of a Marine who purposely sent classified information over an unsecured server in order protect fellow Marines from a corrupt Afghan Police Chief in 2012, the Marine was separated from the service after self reporting his actions.