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TIL Jason Everman, former guitarist of Nirvana, became an Army Ranger then became Green Beret Special Forces.

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e0BKn TIL that in apartheid South Africa, a bus driver was fired for refusing to pick up a Japanese man (considered white at the time), but was reinstated after he stated he couldn't tell the difference between a Japanese person (white) and a Chinese person (not white).
OoVae TIL: The tip of a human penis has a cavity designed to make urine spiral in a stream instead of spray. It's called the navicular fossa.
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yVkna TIL that animals euthanized at shelters or animal control agencies have been sent to meat rendering facilities to be processed for use in cosmetics, fertilizer, gelatin, poultry feed, pharmaceuticals and pet food.
VBB98 TIL that SNL called Phil Hartman "The Glue" because his professionalism and comedy skills held together so many sketches