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TIL: Ozzy Osbourne is a genetic mutant. It is the reason he is still alive after all the substance abuse. His Genome was tested. He does have a kryptonite though. He is sensitive to Caffeine.

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vwG8 TIL it is illegal in the US to broadcast a phone call on the radio unless all parties consent before recording. If your local morning show has a prank call, “birthday scam”, or “expose your cheating lover” segment, it’s 100% fake.
b9yka TIL Ryan Newman lead a campaign that may have just saved his own life. Newman crashed badly at the Daytona 500 back in 2003 prompting him to push for a reinforced bar across the windshield. In 2009 it became a regulation in NASCAR commonly referred to as the “Newman bar”.
d8PWE TIL that an "eggcorn" is a phrase that sounds similar and seems to make sense to another, but has a word incorrectly substituted in (like "Old-Timer's Disease" instead of "Alzheimer's Disease"). It's based on an example of a person saying "eggcorn" instead of "acorn"
16xjW TIL Bees could see the color difference between two pieces of “white” paper. Researchers used zinc white for one paper and lead white for the other, and although these look exactly the same to us, the bee could easily distinguish them, because they reflect a different amount in the ultraviolet
Qnwe TIL “There are approximately 850 million visits each year to American museums, more than the attendance for all major league sporting events and theme parks combined (483 million in 2011)