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TIL Alanis Morissette sang backup vocals on DMB Don't drink the water 🤯🤯🤯🤯

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g468 TIL Netflix’s origin story “Reed Hasting came up with the idea for Netflix when he was hit with a $40 late fee on the movie Apollo 13” is BS and just a marketing tool.
BrORx TIL there is no evidence that the phrase "May you live in interesting times" is an ancient Chinese curse.
6klW TIL the Bowhead whale is by far the longest living mammal in the world and has been know to live up to 211 years. Some have even been found with the tips of ivory spears still lodged in their flesh from failed attempts by whalers of the 1800’s.
P141E TIL that they gave Molly (MDMA/ecstacy) to octopuses in the name of science. Known for being anti-social, this made them more social.
NXGW1 TIL in 1948, 76 Beavers in Idaho were airlifted by parachutes to relocate them in a government program called "Beaver Drop", due to complaints of public nuisance - despite their dams contributing to multiple natural benefits. The estimated value of a beaver's work was $300 ($5800 in 2021).