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TIL The song "Baz Luhrman - Everybody is free to wear Sunscreen" was actually voice-over'ed by Australian Lee Perry

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6kL8 TIL when Argélico Fucks, a retired Brazilian footballer, left FC Porto and joined the rival S.L. Benfica, the headline on Eurosport.com read “Fucks off to Benfica”
MeP9B TIL that the Kansai region of Japan refers to earwigs as "penis cutter" in English.
dDwBQ TIL about the 1886 short story “How the Mail Steamer Went Down in Mid Atlantic by a Survivor”, which served as a cautionary tale about the dangers of ships having too few lifeboats. Its author, William Thomas Stead, later died during the Titanic sinking in 1912.
R7nea TIL One company owns or holds a majority stake in Keurig Green Mountain, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread, The Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Caribou Coffee Company, Eistein Bagels, Espresso House, Mighty Leaf Tea, Stumptown Coffee, and Bruegger's Bagels
oMGA TIL that there are plans to turn abandoned parts of Detroit into a zombie apocalypse theme park