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TIL Phil Collins’ song Sussudio was based on a completely made up word. When he couldn’t think of actual lyrics to fill the line, he just left it in as the chorus and title.

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r6b0 TIL Haribo released sugar free gummy bears that caused many costumers to have gastrointestinal distress. Turns out their sugarless sweetener, Lycasin/Malitol, can become a rather effective laxative in doses of 40g or more. Their 5lb bags contained a whopping ~2267g.
mxLVO TIL of the Pen-tailed treeshrew which is the only mammal that daily imbibes alcohol. It consumes the equivalent of 10-12 glasses of wine a night with no sign of intoxication.
mGPE TIL that every winter at a research station in the South Pole, 50 people are left totally isolated for 8 months. An annual tradition for the personnel is the back to back watching of the 3 “The Thing” films after the last plane has left for the winter
ej94 TIL believing that his comic strip , ‘Calvin and Hobbes,’ only works in print form, cartoonist Bill Watterson has refused to ever sell the film rights to his comics and has turned down offers from Steven Spielberg and Pixar.
0dpwj TIL that the 1982 Split Enz song "Six months in a leaky boat", despite being a hit in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, was denied airplay in the UK due to the song being perceived as being inappropriate during the naval action of the Falklands War.