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TIL before Robert Palmer became famous for songs like Simply Irresistible and Addicted to Love, he lived in Bahamas and sang reggae

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G8Z4 TIL the first version of Eminem’s song “My Name Is” contained the line “My English teacher wanted to have sex in junior high The only problem was, my English teacher was a guy”, which was changed to “My English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high Thanks a lot, next semester I’ll be 35”
69rPw TIL whales come from a land animal called pakicetues its bones was discovered in pakistan
NmG8 TIL that, during WWII, the Russians used a biplane on the Eastern Front that was so slow, German planes couldn’t target it without potentially stalling.
5aRB TIL: Weird Al Yankovic was going to parody Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” with “Chicken Pot Pie” but McCartney denied his request due to being a vegetarian.
nWNNW TIL most cashiers in the US are not allowed to sit (as opposed to in the rest of the world)