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TIL on January 1, 1999, MTV2 played the music video "1999" by Prince for 24 hours straight.

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4XOa TIL despite the fact tobacco advertising is banned from motorsport, Ferrari has extended a contract worth $100m with Marlboro. Critics also argue the team continue to employ colour schemes that subliminally promote the brand.
neGMb TIL honey doesn't spoil even after thousands of years, like pots of it found still preserved in Egyptian tombs. It is highly acidic and low in moisture making it inhospitable for anything that tries to grow and bees have an enzyme that leaves hydrogen peroxide as a byproduct of breaking nectar down.
woPRM TIL in 2018, a preschool assistant in Hawaii was fired after mistakenly serving cups of Pin-Sol cleaning fluid to children instead of apple juice.
Bv6K TIL that over 50 WWE wrestlers that competed in 1990s are now dead
M7ALA TIL about the 1899 Horsey Horseless, a design for an early automobile which contained a wooden horse head and neck attached to the front of the car in an attempt to not frighten horses.