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TIL that ZZ Top is the longest-running group with an unchanged line-up in the entire history of popular music

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VDPG TIL that in 2013, after more than 20 years of soda being America’s number one beverage, water has taken over as Americans’ favorite drink.
VBXK8 TIL research suggests "huh?" is a universal syllable. It's used to express confusion in at least 31 different languages, e.g. Icelandic, Dutch, Japanese, Hungarian, Lao, the Aboriginal Australian language Murriny Patha, Cha’palaa (spoken by 3k indigenous Ecuadorians), and of course, English.
4XkLw TIL about Robert Carey, who took a two day horse ride to Scotland against orders on the death of Elizabeth I to inform her heir of the news so he could get himself a good job with him.
a8LvZ TIL individual m&m's are called "lentils"
Lk1O9 TIL a 72 year old heath expert went on the Dick Cavitt show, announced "Ive decided to live to be a hundred", then died minutes later on stage.