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TIL Shaquille O'Neal is also a DJ under the name 'DJ Diesel', he got into the dance music scene in 2014-2015

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d8VKQ TIL that Singapore has been physically growing its borders for years by literally importing sand from other countries. Since independence, Singapore has increased its physical landmass by more than 20% already resulting in the complete disappearance of 24 islands in the Indonesian archipelago.
J1pL4 TIL Jim Carrey won back-to-back acting Golden Globe awards (The Truman Show & Man on the Moon) without receiving an Oscar nomination for either of them and he still has never been nominated for an Oscar.
OoQM1 TIL that, according to the scientific definition of the term, bananas, pumpkins, and watermelons are all considered berries, whereas blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries are not.
Ne8Q TIL Snoop Dogg released a smokeable song book with the books content entirely printed on rolling paper.
VMJX8 TIL In 1950, almost no cases of near-sightedness were found among Eskimo children. But after the advent of compulsory education, eyesight got worse. In 1979, poor eye vision was relatively high among Greenland Eskimos at all ages