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TIL that at Jim Henson’s memorial service on July 2 1990, Big Bird, puppeteer Carroll Spinney and Jim Henson‘s friend of 30 years, sang ‘it’s not easy being green’ (Kermit’s song) as a tribute to the late creator of the Muppets.

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MZDa TIL 7 members of an isolated Indian tribe emerged from the Amazon and made contact with people in a village near the Peruvian border because “violent attacks” by outsiders had driven them from the forest. Later, details emerged that their elder relatives were massacred and their houses set on fire.
GB67 TIL that in 1900, 38% of cars were electrically powered
X6G8 TIL that Dolly Parton’s boobs and arms are covered in tattoos
dDpYj Today I learned that the G in G-Spot stands for Gräfenberg. Ernst Gräfenberg is the gynecologist who “discovered it”.
XE9Jj TIL that Boxing legends Pacquiao, Marquez and Barrera took up business degrees. Marquez was an accountant before he became a legend while Barrera took up law. Pacman on the other hand took up business administration.