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TIL The Ramones’ “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” was the first punk song to break into the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching number 81 in 1977.

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5VMAD TIL a species of monkey known as the Lesula was discovered in 2007 (though already known by locals). It has a brilliantly blue bottom.
D1w4e TIL actor Jack Gleeson, who played King Joffrey on Game of Thrones, said the scene he enjoyed the most after three seasons on the show, was when Joffrey’s corpse was lying on a plinth in the set with ceremonial stones covering his eyes, because he got to sleep for the whole day.
KYZwR TIL that Gordon Ramsey never went to culinary school. He received his diploma in hotel management. He gained his experience from working in his family restaurants and the mentorship of renowned chefs in France.
8adpP TIL that rapper Too $hort quit smoking after he wrote the ten-minute-long "Freaky Tales" and then found that he didn't have enough breath to perform it live
4kZ56 TIL a Canadian hitchhiking robot that relied on the kindness of strangers to travel from place to place had its arms and head ripped off after one day in Philadelphia having travelled peacefully around Canada, Germany and the Netherlands