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TIL Van Dyke Parks learned of his brother's death from composer Terry Gilkyson, who to help make up for it, offered him a job as arranger on his song "The Bare Necessities" for The Jungle Book in 1963

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N7y86 TIL that a European fungus, accidentally spread to North America in 2006, has caused Bat populations across the US and Canada to plummet by over 90%. Formerly very common bat species now face extinction, having already almost entirely disappeared over the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada
VMP8D TIL that there are annual pilgrimages to Central Oregon, USA to visit the last Blockbuster video store in the world.
m8dP TIL the man who wrote the Patriot Act is on the Board of Directors of News Corp
9YkJX We've probably all had the fleeting thought of doing a ridiculous fast, but most of us lack the willpower to actually go through with it. Probably for the best.
m1VZv TIL in 1991 Sacramento Kings rookie Lionel Simmons missed 2 games due to developing tendinitis in his right wrist and forearm due to playing too much Nintendo Game Boy