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TIL only 1200 copies of Nirvana's debut 1988 single "Love Buzz" were made; a single copy is currently worth several thousand dollars.

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Oodb1 TIL a man who doesn't exist had a baby. The DNA in the "fathers" sperm, which was 90% his DNA and 10% that of his twin’s, was from his unborn fraternal twin which the "father" had absorbed as an embryo.
7rvZp TIL that the most remote inhabited place on earth, the island of Tristan da Cunha, is 1250 miles from the next closest inhabited location. With no airstrip and out of civilian helicopter flying range, the fastest way to travel to it is a 6 day boat journey from South Africa.
VW7D TIL that because of tax loopholes, Google has been able to get their effective tax rate down to 2.4%.
69ol8 TIL about the Uncensored Library in Minecraft, created by Reporters Without Borders to combat censorship. This virtual library gives users access to banned or censored articles and information from around the world, featuring works from journalists who have been censored in their home countries.
v1NEj TIL that Hawaii's first queen's first time running the country was marked by a smallpox outbreak and that the decisive action she took to stop the spread (closing all ports) drew the ire of rich sugarcane plantation owners and eventually lead to the coup that overthrew her.