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TIL that the original South Park theme was recorded by funk metal band Primus

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1aV1d TIL that 3 people in the US are still using iron lungs from childhood polio. Repairs to the equipment is near impossible.
GAnjE TIL Rifleman Khan was a German Shepherd dog awarded the Dickin medal in WW2 for saving his handler from drowning after their landing craft was sunk by artillery fire
JYV1V TIL that the Northern Rhodesia Regiment used the motto "Different in Race, Equal in Fidelity"
yQ0wp TIL of Jean Meslier, a catholic priest and exemplary clergyman of 40 years, known for his charity work. After his death a 633 page "testament" was found in his house. In it he claims he only became a priest to please his parents, denies the existance of god and calls religion "a castle in the air"
nkAW TIL that “Paris Syndome” is a psychological disorder whereby Japanese tourists visiting Paris for the first time experience such severe culture shock that they become ill.