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TIL that Kidz Bop is still ongoing, having released their 40th album in November 2019.

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Ob8X TIL scientists have found that Ozzy Osbourne has unique genetic mutations that that increase his body’s endurance for hard drugs and excessive alcohol: the “genes connected to addiction, alcoholism … all had unique variations in Osbourne, a few of which geneticists had never seen before”
OOPa TIL that Daniel Snyder (controversial owner of the Washington Redskins) took over Six Flags in 2005 and on his second day fired Mr. Six (the dancing old guy), calling the ad campaign “pointless”
dDvb9 TIL Joseph Bazalgette, the man who designed London's sewers in the 1860's, said 'Well, we're only going to do this once and there's always the unforeseen' and doubled the pipe diameter. If he had not done this, it would have overflowed in the 1960's (its still in use today).
6E44m TIL that playing board games with children can raise their IQ. For 60 minutes a day, twice per week, researchers played logic games (like Qwirkle) with 7- to 9-year old children. Eight weeks later, the children increased their IQ test scores by 10 points on average.
GZeE TIL: In 1999 the New York Mets head coach was ejected, but came back with a disguise for the rest of the game.