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TIL "All Star" by Smash Mouth was written with the intention of being an upbeat, self-confidence building song for fans who were being bullied for liking Smash Mouth

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enbD TIL Cameron Diaz bought weed from Snoop Dogg in High School.
5Vw79 TIL of a species of gorilla-like "giant apes" that were three to four times the weight of a human (200–300 kg / 440–660 lb) and went extinct about 300,000 years ago
DQ46r TIL about "glacier mice": mysterious balls of moss found in icy environments that move in herds at about 1inch a day. How they form and how/why they move is unknown.
nyMb TIL that the word “Amazon” in ancient Greek means “without a breast”, referring to the legend that Amazons (strong, independent women warriors) cut off their right breasts so as not to interfere with use of a bow.
WkgkA TIL Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the German general who told Hitler to go fuck himself