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TIL the reason drummers have such a hard time playing exactly like Ringo Starr is because he’s a left handed drummer playing on a right handed set.

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yQbxJ TIL that hippos produce a natural antibacterial sunblock. The ‘sweat’ is made of a red pigment, which contains an antibiotic, and an orange pigment, which absorbs UV rays. These two pigments work together to protect the hippos from both bacterial infections and sun damage.
KOK9J TIL about The tragedy of the commons- an economic problem in which every individual has an incentive to consume a resource at the expense of every other individual with no way to exclude anyone from consuming resulting in overconsumption and ultimately depletion of the resource.
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AXVa TIL Walt Disney’s father was unimpressed when his son took him on a tour of his new film studio until Walt pointed out that it could be converted into a hospital if his animation business fails
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