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TIL that the Vincent Price's spoken word portion of "Thriller" was written the day of recording

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x64W1 TIL that Olympic medalist sprinter Usain Bolt named his daughter Olympia Lightning Bolt, and one of his sons is named Thunder Bolt.
YWNv TIL that the red liquid coming from a steak cooked rare (or just raw red meat) isn’t blood, it’s water coloured by an oxygen-carrying protein called Myoglobin.
E1WZp TIL from 1975 to 1998, a version of the Confederate battle flag appeared in the coat of arms and flag of Americana, São Paulo, a city settled by Confederate expatriates.
LvGV TIL heart disease kills more people per year than cancer, war, terrorism, hunger, suicide, diabetes, respiratory diseases and mental disorders combined.
aw7GJ TIL days are gradually getting longer; the modern day is longer by about 1.7 milliseconds than a century ago.