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TIL no instrumental song reached number one in USA since 1985.

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jp5X TIL That scientists have discovered how to temporarily induce Rain-Man like skills in normal people by stimulating parts of the brain with magnetic pulses.
JYRp1 TIL: In 2015, a man in Oklahoma died after his stepson gave him an 'Atomic Wedgie.'
oZoA TIL that closing down sweatshops often leads to a subsequent surge in child prostitution
8e4dP TIL William B. Wilson, the first US Secretary of Labor, was born in Scotland and worked in Pennsylvania coal mines starting at the age of 9.
lDYN TIL the famous dog, Balto, was sold to a LA freak show and was kept chained in a small cage for years after his famous trek