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TIL that following a lawsuit, Vanilla Ice purchased the rights to Under Pressure to avoid having to pay further royalties

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X0MJX TIL in 2009 The World Cancer Research Fund warned parents against feeding their children too many ham sandwiches due to the risk of bowel cancer from the processed meat
69pd8 TIL: Some armadillos, like the nine-banded kind, mate in summer, but the egg delays implanting in the uterus. This pause—called embryonic diapause—lets development resume months later so babies are born in spring when survival odds are better.
P1Axw TIL at the 1908 Olympics, in the hockey tournament, Great Britian officially won all the medals - Gold, Silver and Bronze. England won Gold, Ireland won Silver and Scotland and Wales won Bronze. These medals are however credited to Britain's tally.
R5yNQ TIL the Paraguayan War (1864–1870) was so devastating that it wiped out 60–70% of the country's entire population, and is listed in the Guinness World Records for the highest proportional death toll from war for any single country.
rNyG4 TIL Vince Gilligan did not know about the show Weeds when he created Breaking Bad, both about suburban people dealing drugs.