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TIL that Simon Cowell praised Rebecca Black’s song “Friday”: “the fact that it’s making people so angry is brilliant”. He advised her to not “listen to anyone over the age of 18. I’m being deadly serious. Whatever she’s done has worked … she’s the most talked-about artist in America right now”.

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AN0od TIL that Video Game Arcades are niche and super rare in Germany. In the 1980s, the protections for minors became significantly stricter in relation to video game arcades. Arcade machines were dismissed as “games of chance” and underage access was and IS STILL denied.
R7m4Q TIL that to design a spacesuit that would let astronauts walk on the moon, NASA's engineers studied Henry VIII's (1491-1547) armor as a mix of protection and mobility. In thanks, NASA sent a replica Apollo suit to London to be photographed next to Henry's armor.
WM7A TIL Dr. Dre’s son died of a heroin overdose in 2008
rNEee TIL Members Only, a popular brand of jackets in the 1980s, spent its entire 6 million dollar ad budget in 1986 on anti-drug public service announcements.
0d5d5 TIL that Atlanta, Georgia has a tree coverage of 47.9%, which is the highest in the United States for major cities. Due to this, it is known as the “City in the Forest".