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TIL Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' samples the children's nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep

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Empo TIL there are only 2 companies in the world still making vinyl record lacquer…and one is an elderly Japanese man doing it in his garage!
e0EwE TIL microwave ovens do not cook food from the "inside out." When thick foods are cooked, the outer layers are heated and cooked primarily by microwaves while the inside is cooked mainly by the conduction of heat from the hot outer layers.
N8vQ TIL - An Orthodox Jewish school in NJ, which forbids its students from using the internet, received a $700k federal grant for classroom computers. A total of five computers were found on campus. In a school of 1,025 students.
Km59 TIL that the Diplodocus could whip its tail so fast it would break the sound barrier, producing a canon-like boom.
47Vg TIL that when South Park did an episode on Tourettes, the Tourettes Association said they expected it to be offensive. After broadcast, they conceded there was “a surprising amount of accurate information conveyed”, adding that the episode “served as a clever device” for providing accurate facts.