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TIL the colour for the #1 song "Blue" by Eiffel 65 was picked at random and the lead singer was told to write nonsensical lyrics

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wLeK6 TIL Richard Attenborough, the actor who played John Hammond in the Jurassic Park movie, is the eldest brother of narrator David Attenborough.
7rRgX TIL that if Jupiter gained any additional mass, its size would not change. The planet would become more dense, and it would start pulling in on itself. Astronomers estimate that Jupiter could end up with four times its current mass and still remain about the same size.
0v8v TIL Animal Planet aired a fake documentary about the existence of mermaids that convinced thousand of viewers. Twice.
wLG4E TIL John Wilkes Booth's (Lincoln's Assassin) plan was a simultaneous coordinated strike to kill the President, Vice President, & Secretary of State, causing succession chaos. Lincoln was killed, the Secretary of State severely injured, but the conspirator assigned to the Vice President chickened out
gMgL9 TIL that a man that went looking for the Titanic was only using that as a cover for a secret Cold War US Navy mission. The mission was competed 12 days earlier than expected, so with the time he had left he looked, and he found it!