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TIL Colorado projects $578.1 million in marijuana sales.

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MeyMa TIL: When a friend wrote "KURT SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" on a wall, Kurt Cobain assumed it was an anti-establishment slogan and wrote a hit song. Months later he found out his friend had been making fun of him. Kurt's girlfriend wore Teen Spirit, deodorant marketed to teenage girls.
0jER TIL all characters on The Simpsons have 4 fingers except for God, who has 5.
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