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TIL despite MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" hitting #1 in many countries and helping the "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" album stay at #1 in the US for 21 weeks, it only peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and he had 4 higher charting hits in the US

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rRwP0 TIL that the human eye has a resolution of approximately 576 megapixels. For context a 4K screen has about 8.8 megapixels.
GQdQ TIL a 3rd person was shot during JFK’s assassination. He was rejected from attending the 50th commemorative event at Dealey Plaza even after petitioning the mayor
P1Wye TIL that during a live firing demonstration 25 spectators were killed and 71 wounded when the pilot mistook them for dummies
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