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TIL When John Tesh created the 90’s theme song for “The NBA On NBC”, he called his home phone and sang into his answering machine so he wouldn’t forget it.

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d8mP7 TIL California Endangered Species Act doesn't include protection provisions for insects; instead of trying to add insects to the act, a group of environmentalists tried to get bees categorized as fish because the act's definition of fish includes animals without backbones.
RaL1 TIL that the resistance of the wealthy to paying taxes was one of the factors contributing to the collapse of the Roman Empire.
N7VB1 TIL a good healthy kidney from Israel goes for about $160,000 on the black market and a kidney from India goes for $20,000
P106G TIL that animals experience time differently than us based on their CFF (critical flicker fusion frequency). For example Dogs experience time about 33% slower than people
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