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TIL that in 1985, Aretha Franklin’s voice was legally declared one of Michigan’s natural resources.

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a8Jd0 TIL about The 'Keeper of the Apes' - British forces who cared for a population of Barbary macaques in Gibraltar from 1915 to 1991,
jNlEv TIL that there is an alive 'castrato'. Javier Medina was chemically castrated due to leukemia at the age of 8 years, later in life he began his musical formation in choirs becoming the first castrato the the world has heard in almost a century.
dLyE TIL When the Beatles broke up in 1970, none of them had yet turned 30 years old.
kJX7m TIL that a law student in Spain was busted after etching notes on 11 blue BIC pens to cheat in exam.
LkAGZ TIL some guy jumped over the Tour de France on his mountainbike.