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TIL There were no red M&Ms from 1976 till 1986
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TIL that California is named after a mythological queen who ruled over an island nation of black warrior women and fought with an army of trained griffins.
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TIL Link Wray’s 1958 instrumental "Rumble" was banned in several US radio markets, because the term 'rumble' was a slang term for a gang fight, and it was feared that the piece's harsh sound glorified juvenile delinquency. The song is the only instrumental single ever banned from radio in the USA.
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TIL that a sphincter muscle, similar to the one humans use to hold in gases, prevents water from entering the blowholes of marine mammals.
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TIL - Every episode of Seinfeld had unique an intro theme music. Composer Jonathan Wolff would create music for each, timed around Jerry’s intro stand-up bit.
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TIL That, in Hamelin Germany, there exists a place called Bungelosenstrasse (Street Without Drums). According to legend it is the last place the children from the 'Pied Piper' fairytale were last seen. Since then music and dancing are not allowed on the street.