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TIL The original version of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde, which included more explicit references to homosexuality, wasn't published until 2011.

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rNYb4 TIL that Cee Lo Green sang backup vocals on TLC’s 1995 hit single “Waterfalls.” Cee Lo had just signed with the group’s record label, and joined in after hearing the recording session from a neighboring room in the studio.
loEX1 TIL neither the Spice Girls themselves or their management came up with the Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger, Posh aliases. They were devised by Top of the Pops magazine in 1996 and later adopted by the group
VBXak TIL that bishops who are over 80-years-old cannot participate in electing a new Pope
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m0YE TIL that the American soccer team Seattle Sounders averages 43,000 fans per game, more than the elite billion dollar club and and 2012 Champions League winner Chelsea FC in England