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TIL the United States Bureau of Land Management released a promotional hip-hop song and music video in the 1990s.

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8nga TIL that the ‘Big Mac Index’ is an economic tool published annually by The Economist to measure the purchasing power parity between two currencies. It compares the cost of Big Macs world-wide to determine whether currencies are over-valued or under-valued.
bAN7 TIL during the September 11 attacks, Fox News began running a news ticker on the bottom of the screen to keep up with the flow of information that day. The ticker has remained in continuous use ever since.
VMe7k TIL all button mushrooms used to be brown until 1926, when a mushroom farmer in Pennsylvania found a cluster of white buttons growing in his beds, which he cloned and began selling as a new variety.
bB57 TIL in the Middle Ages it was thought that the left testicle made sperm for girls. Men who wanted sons would have it removed.
8akLa TIL of The Existence of the “27 Club”, The cultural phenomenon when a popular musical artist, actor or athlete dies at the age of 27.