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TIL that in his 2014 SNL opening monologue, Canadian rapper Drake apologized for popularizing the word “YOLO” back in 2012, stating that he had no idea the word would become so widespread.

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Gj14 TIL the average color of light in the universe is a shade of beige dubbed “Cosmic Latte”
NJK8 TIL that the United States experiences approximately 75 percent of all tornadoes in the world.
6EreQ TIL that in 1856 two steam powered trains collided head on causing an explosion that was heard 5 miles away. Despite a 10 car passenger train carrying nearly 1,500 people, there were less then 200 people killed or injured.
1amkO TIL that, in one apocryphal story of Voltaire's death at age 83, a Catholic priest counseled him to renounce Satan. He replied, "This is no time to make new enemies."