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TIL That 29% of L.A.’s air pollution comes from east asia

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ne6Wr TIL that the the music underneath the “Brian Islam and Brucie” cartoon in the Monty Python skit “The Refreshment Room at Bletchley” (episode 9) is “Banjoreno,” by the Dixieland Jug Blowers, and it is on YouTube and Apple Music
BrVLr TIL of the term "paraprosdokian" - a figure of speech in which the latter part of a phrase is surprising in a way that causes the reader or listener to reinterpret the first part. An example would be Mitch Hedberg's famous one-liner "I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long."
ylw TIL that followers of Native American Church can legally use, transport and possess peyote.
d5dj TIL there is a region called the Eridanus Supervoid which is a cold spot ~5 degrees above absolute zero and has been theorized to be an imprint of a parallel universe.
JYlGl TIL that Kareem Abdul Jabbar had serious misgivings about attending UCLA and considered transferring to Michigan.