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TIL if you find a lost wallet and place it in a USPS mailbox, it will be returned to the address on the ID found inside free of charge.

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R7a76 PSY's music video 'Gangnam Style' exceeded the 32-bit integer limit (2,147,483,647) for YouTube view count, necessitating YouTube to upgrade the variable to a 64-bit integer limit at 9 quintilian (9,223,372,036,854,775,808).
4XJBw TIL Pluto has 5 moons
W7MW8 TIL Cate Blachette is in Hot Fuzz. AND she’s wearing a mask 20 years before it was fashionable :D
Lk4o9 TIL The oboe is frequently described as a very difficult instrument to play. Because air is forced at high pressure into the tiny reed, stale air can gather in the lungs, making you feel faint if the air is not expelled quickly
N7gZN TIL of Marcel Tyberg, a Viennese composer who, because of his 1/16th Jewish heritage, was killed at Auschwitz in 1944. Before his capture, he entrusted his scores to a close friend. The scores ended up in the US but were untouched for decades. Within the last 10 years, his music was rediscovered.