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TIL "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer won a Grammy Award in 1991... for Best R&B Song

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lomv7 TIL The Imperial Japanese Army during WWII invented a 'suicide weapon' for its soldiers to use against tanks. It was a stick which had an explosive at its tip and the user would have to charge towards the tank and thrust it into the armor, which would then blow up along with the user.
16xpr TIL so many Peruvian presidents have been jailed for corruption and abuse that they have their own prison specifically for ex presidents.
v1Roj TIL After Col. Shaw died in battle, Confederates buried him in a mass grave as an insult for leading black soldiers. Union troops tried to recover his body, but his father sent a letter saying "We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers."
8XmL TIL the first rap single to reach #1 in the US was Ice Ice Baby in 1990. The first rap single to reach #1 in Canada was Rapper’s Delight in 1980
ODke TIL In 2009, an estimated 31,000,000 birds died from being confused by light pollution while migrating overnight. Simply turning off the lights can potentially save tens of millions of birds from colliding with glass.