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TIL Daft Punk named their band after a negative review that dubbed their music as “a bunch of daft punk.”

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D1jpD TIL Coffee doesn't actually dehydrate you. A 2003 study found that the diuretic effect of caffeine is negligible in people who regularly consume caffeinated drinks
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grw6D TIL the USA is the only nation on earth where there are more guns than people
ZOOG TIL that NES games like Battletoads were made so hard because Nintendo was losing money on video game rentals. If they took a long time to beat, people would have to buy the games instead.