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TIL that Michael Jackson had a meeting at the WTC on 9/11 but overslept.

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Go7E TIL a man called “Paz” snuck into Paris Hilton’s 30th birthday party, stole her $3200 red velvet cake, and gave it away to the homeless of Los Angeles.
o6gK TIL that many animals (including humans) can’t absorb up to 50% of the energy in the food they consume; this undigested energy ends up in fecal matter, which is why feces are such an effective fertilizer.
8elKK TIL: The first item/invention to break the sound barrier was the whip. The cracking is a sonic boom.
e0PZE TIL about Sensory-Specific Satiety. This is the declining satisfaction felt when eating the same food, but a renewed interest in eating when exposed to a new food.
J1QOQ TIL about the Derg, a Communist revolutionary group in Ethiopia responsible for abolishing the monarchy. The Derg are also responsible for wide spread famine during the 80s that started Live Aid (which fell into controversy as some of the NGOs were funneling money to Derg programs)