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TIL that exists a drum-solo loop known as the “Amen Break” considered one of the most used samples of digital history, you can hear it in the theme song of Futurama and it is the basis of a whole musical genre called Drum and Bass

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kwbe TIL that Archaeologists has discovered a beautiful, huge, well-preserved stucco wall sculpture with its colors intact in Guatemala under a buried Mayan pyramid. The stucco frieze, measuring 30 feet long and 6 feet tall, is painted red, with details in blue, yellow and green.
P1O1J TIL The first speeding ticket in history was issued to a person caught speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), four times the speed limit of 2 mph (3 km/h). In 1896, Mr. Arnold was pursued for 5 miles by a policeman on a bicycle
5Y8OB TIL: The image that is created from the retina is flipped upside and inverted. Our brains correct this allowing you to read this.
X0XZR TIL that we've had beds for over 200,000 years!
Rvl6 TIL the person who wrote “The Internet is for Porn” also wrote “Let It Go.”