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TIL Joe Pyne once started his interview with Frank Zappa by saying “So I guess your long hair makes you a woman.” to which Zappa responded “So I guess your wooden leg makes you a table!”

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R5Vda TIL when you experience excitement, your thoughts trigger the pituitary gland to tell the adrenal glands to release adrenaline. This pulls blood to your lungs and muscles (to activate your fight-or-flight response) and away from your stomach. Boom! There are your butterflies.
Y18P TIL Donald Trump proposed a one-time tax on the wealthiest 1% to eliminate the national debt.
K78J TIL an estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in South Africa: Witwatersrand.
Y7eXr TIL WW2 caused some 70-85 million deaths, from Germany’s invasion of Poland to Japan’s surrender (Sept 1, 1939-Sept 2, 1945). On average, that’s about: 12,000,000 lives yearly, 972,000 per month, 32,000 every day, 1,330 per hour & 22 each minute. So, a life every 3 seconds, constantly, for 6 years…
Wk9mN TIL: Ireland were neutral in WW2, paid condolences to the Hitlers death, persecuted Irish men who returned after fighting for the allies, and for 9 years Irish membership to the United nations was vetoed because they had not joined the allies.