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69NrJ TIL the song 'Human Nature' by Michael Jackson was originally written by the band Toto for their album, 'Toto IV'. The only reason the song officially became Michael's is because Quincy Jones heard Toto's demo of the song and suggested that it would fit better on Michael's album, 'Thriller'.
lko5 TIL that there is a Starbucks where they don’t write your name on your cup: the one at the CIA’s headquarters. Baristas are escorted to and from work, and the receipts identify the establishment as simply “Store Number 1.”
wLWOE TIL that during Shrek's production being sent to work on it was a punishment for not performing well on other Dreamworks projects.
wLg7P TIL that Blas de Lezo, a Spanish admiral, defeated an English fleet of almost 20,000 men and 180 ships with only 2000 men and 6 ships.
OoRwL TIL that for 33 years scientists have been studying a common ancestor populations of E. coli in lab constant conditions which now surpasses 60,000 generations. In 2003 the bacteria began to consume a previously ignored carbon source that had been present in their environment from the start.