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TIL IBM made the first touchscreen and third-party app capable smartphone in 1994

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OGo0a TIL Sinead O'Connor was a major inspiration for REM's Losing my Religion video. Not only was Michael Stipe so moved by Sinéad's lip syncing in Nothing Compares to U video that he finally acquiesced to lip-synching in REM music videos, but he also states that he stole his dance moves from her.
m1MOY TIL in Innu mythology, "The Farting God" is considered to be one of the most powerful spirits, and thought to be even more powerful than the Caribou Master.
D1a7r TIL Richard Nixon once admitted he wanted to become a rapper. The confession was rediscovered by a Washington Post reporter in 1997 while listening to one of the presidential recordings.
6EmmQ TIL how Cumbia (south american music) back in the 1800 hundreds got accordions washed up by the sea, from a german shipwreck.
wokgM TIL The rumbling sound your stomach makes when hungry is called "borborygmus." It happens when the muscles in your digestive system move food, liquid, and gas through your stomach and small intestine, producing a rumbling sound.