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TIL out of the 100 most viewed YouTube videos, only 3 are not centered around music: A thigh massage video, a girl putting mentos in a coke bottle and Charlie bit my finger.

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KdbB TIL the Bikini Atoll’s flag is similar to the USA flag, with black stars representing islands destroyed by nuclear testing, to serve as a reminder of the debt the US still owes them for nuclear fallout and radiation poisoning.
Mepbm TIL of Björn Again, a parody band of Swedish pop group ABBA. They sing in "Swenglish" and use the stage names of Agnetha Falstart, Benny Anderwear, Frida Longstokin, Björn Volvo-us, Rutger Sonofagunn, and Ola Drumkitt. They've played private parties for Bill Gates, Russel Crowe, and Vladimir Pootin.
99BM TIL the Atari 2600 launched at the price of $786 in 2016 dollars
6KjY TIL India bans captive Dolphin shows as ‘morally unacceptable’ - They believe they are highly intelligent & should be seen as ‘non-human persons’ with their own specific rights.
9YGj6 TIL about “ultraconserved” words, which are 23 words that have been mostly unchanged over 15,000 years and are currently in use in many languages today