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TIL Eminem is a world class Donkey Kong player

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neem9 TIL- Even GitLab Has GitHub Account!
9YpXM TIL around 10% of internet traffic is encrypted by a code generated from the random motion of a wall of lava lamps in San Francisco.
BrMEy TIL Ancient Greek sculptures were not always white. They were often painted bright and colorful
XEJlr TIL during the middle Ages saffron was so expensive some traders would try to increase their profits by bulking up the herb with yellow marigold petals. When authorities in Nuremberg, where the herb was mainly traded, found out about these tainted parcels of saffron, the traders were burned alive.
XLlk TIL that in 2012, after they won a shooting competition in Kuwait, the Kazakhstan team were subjected to the anthem from Borat, rather than their own national anthem at the medals ceremony.