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TIL Prince played Purple Rain for Journey because, "I don't want you to sue me."

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GY8k4 TIL the energy of an electric circuit isn't passed to components (like a light bulb) through the movement of electrons in the wire, rather, an electromagnetic field is formed around, and guided by the circuit wires. This is what transfers the energy that lights up the bulb.
0wWrL TIL a teen injected himself with mercury at least three times in an attempt to convert his bones to metal after seeing X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He also had intentional multiple spider bites in the past after wanting to become Spider-Man.
x6ybb TIL that in 1941, a Greek man jumped off the Acropolis to prevent the Nazis from dishonoring the Greek Flag.
Z8ZrB TIL there are over a million wild camels in Australia
y7Kp TIL that the guy who wrote the first ‘On the internet, nobody knows youre a dog’ has made $50,000 USD from it.