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TIL that in July 2025, the title of the most followed artist globally on Spotify went to Indian playback singer Arijit Singh, who took over the title from Taylor Swift

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kJoKB TIL from the 1990s through 2021 the NFL used a method called "race-norming", which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function, as part of a dementia test to determine payouts in brain injury settlements.
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