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TIL Damon Albarn, the lead singer of Blur, is also the co-creator and lead singer of Gorillaz

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AN9xl TIL many US universities have branded faculty positions. Examples include "Coca Cola distinguished professor of marketing" at University of Arizona and "Taco Bell distinguished professor of hotel and restaurant administration" at Washington State
jnVR TIL measuring 4086mi^2, the largest salt pan Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is so flat that rain can’t drain, creating the world’s largest natural mirror. It’s also 5x better for satellite calibration than the surface of the ocean, and an elevation measurement accuracy of 0.8 inches
4NEg TIL the United States is responsible for 90% of the worlds consumption of Ritalin.
NNJb Scientists detected an atomic nucleus traveling at 99.9999999999999% of the speed of light, with energy 20 quintillion times that of visible light. It was appropriately named the “Oh-My-God Particle.”
XE0g8 TIL that the Polish medal for couples who have made it to 50 years of marriage has a higher rank than the medal for deployment to Afghanistan