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TIL that by 1991, the air in Mexico City had become so contaminated with fecal dust from humans that it was possible to contract hepatitis by simply breathing outdoors

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jQap TIL that Eddie and Alex Van Halens original band “Mammoth” had no P.A. system of their own, so they’d rent David Lee Roth’s system for $50 a night. After years of Eddie singing lead vocals they figured they could save money by letting David Lee Roth into the band because he had the P.A. system.
dd4E TIL that 15th president James Buchanan, the only bachelor president, is suspected to have been a homosexual. He had a very close male friend whom he lived with for a decade, fellow politician Rufus King. President Andrew Jackson nicknamed the two Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy.
0wjdy TIL the first ever Kentucky Derby (1875) was won by Oliver Lewis, a 19 y/o black man.
W7wyA TIL about Crazy Bus, an unlicensed 2004 Venezuelan bus driving game for Sega Genesis. Its gameplay consists of driving a bus forward and backward to accumulate points.
gMZKX TIL that Apatheism is the belief that if a god exists, or not, it does not matter, because the effect is the same. Therefore there is no point engaging in worship or even positing the question of existence of the god at all.