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TIL the Go-Go’s were the first and to this day only all-female band that wrote their own songs to have an album reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart

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GY6o5 TIL Harry Houdini Piloted the First Airplane That Flew Over Australia
Yp0vP TIL that researchers showed that generating positive emotions directed towards yourself and others through contemplative meditation, can improve both your emotional as well as your physical health.
1507 TIL George Lucas gets paid every time you see an ad for the Motorola Droid. Because “Droid.”
loZY7 TIL of the bacteria Actimomyces Naeslundii, which resides in the human mouth and is heavily linked to tooth decay and periodontal disease.
GYm0N TIL that the US $2 bill is still being produced in large numbers. The apparent scarcity of the bill is caused by collectors taking it out of circulation because they think that it is rarer than it actually is.