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TIL the theme song for The Magic School Bus was sung by Little Richard

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JJW1 TIL if you type www.loser.com in the web address bar, it will redirect you to Kanye West’s Wikipedia page.
yQdX8 TIL of the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant that was closest to the epicenter of the 2011 tsunami in Japan but was undamaged because it far exceeded the required safety measures due to the stubbornness of one man. Fukushima famously experienced fatal meltdowns because safety measures were inadequate.
b9Jx0 TIL the 16th century Girolamini library had been systematically looted by the library's director. Thousands of rare and historically invaluable books were stolen including works of Galileo and Kepler, many are still missing. The director was sentenced to 7 years house arrest.
VBw88 TIL that groups of male ducks forcefully mate with a female
XEwG8 TIL - Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur. The stripes are like fingerprints and no two tigers have the same pattern.