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TIL that in oil-rich Azerbaijan people bathe in crude oil believing it improves their health

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rN1Ax TIL in 1973, Stevie Wonder was the passenger in a vehicle that hit a logging truck. The truck lost its load and a log struck Stevie in the forehead leaving him in a coma for 10 days, His friend, Ira Tucker, was the first to elicit a response from him when she sang 'Higher Ground' in his ear.
oRZjA TIL when Frank Zappa was a kid, he always played with mercury that his father brought home from work, often covering his entire bedroom floor with the element. Childhood exposure to mercury is known to increase the risk of prostate cancer as an adult. Frank Zappa died from prostate cancer at age 52.
5Y04p TIL Russia has 11 time zones
groeL TIL, all toads are frogs (toad is just a type of frog)
Bg0Ye TIL about the Wallace Line, a geographical boundary that separates Asian mammals from marsupials of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. West of this line, no marsupials exist, but they thrive on the east side. At its smallest, there is a 22 mile gap between islands, separating the two mammal groups.