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TIL Science Proves: Pop Music Has Actually Gotten Worse

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X0Yy6 TIL the Level 42 song "Lessons in Love" has 7 different bass sounds—three analog synths, two FM synths and two electric basses (one thumb line and a finger-style line).
b0kQ TIL Teens in the United States and Europe have similar levels of sexual activity. However, European teens are more likely than U.S. teens to use contraceptives generally and to use the most effective methods; they therefore have substantially lower pregnancy rates.
WLwY TIL: A male Koala has a forked penis and a female Koala has 2 vaginas.
1YYV TIL That the tested animal with the best memory, Chaser the border collie knows 1022 toys by name and can gather them all by name or category. She can also understand common nouns and can infer the meaning of new ones based on words she already knows
Mmv8 TIL that six years after Martin Luther King was shot and killed, his mother was also shot and killed, in the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, Auburn, Alabama.