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TIL hurricanes in Australia were originally named after local politicians a weather man didn’t like

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WkAA4 TIL that Babalu, Ricky Ricardo's signature song on I Love Lucy, is a tribute to an Afro-Cuban god, Babalu-Aye, one of the seven main gods of Santeria.
ADwRw TIL yeast is a fungus.
nWegP TIL a non-smoking, 65-year-old male in excellent health today has a 43% probability of living to age 90, and a similar 65-year-old female has a 54% probability of living to 90
grMn8 TIL about Lebanese cedar logs that have been in continuous use for nearly 3,000 years , surviving countless disasters and wars.
QJDBX TIL the song “Mah Nà Mah Nà,” made famous by the Muppets on “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show,” originally appeared in the Italian film “Svezia, inferno e paradiso” (“Sweden: Heaven and Hell”), a 1968 exploitation documentary film about wild sexual activity in Sweden.