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MmD7 TIL: Nirvana were around less than 1/3 of the time of Foo Fighters but sold almost 3 times as many records
8aWdb TIL Sloths lose 1/3 of their body weight when they poop, which happens once a week on the ground, and in the standing position.
xYN0 TIL that in the 1st episode of 30 Rock, after Jack discusses how he developed the Trivection oven, GE ran an ad during commercial break to make sure the audience knew it was a real product, not something writers made up as a joke for the show.
nGWB TIL Microsoft Makes More Money From Samsung Than From Skype, Windows Phone, and Xbox Combined
xPB7 TIL that Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him