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TIL in 2014 Taylor Swift accidentally released 8 seconds of static on iTunes, topping Canadian charts

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b9eRE TIL that when you get a kidney transplant, they don't replace your kidney(s), they just stick a third one in there.
Y7kBr TIL In 1985 the American military got into standoff with the Italian military over an Egyptian plane containing Palestinian boat hijackers. The event ended without major incident.
gr5EW TIL - In 1853, Elizabeth Jones built a 7,690sq-ft mansion (dubbed Wyndcliffe) in affluent Rhinebeck, NY, overlooking the Hudson River. The unusually impressive house prompted wealthy neighbors to expand & remodel their own homes, to "keep up with the Joneses” - giving birth to the common saying.
8aRPL TIL that singer Lorde has sound-to-color synesthesia, a unique condition where sound blends with sight to create certain colors. This greatly contributed to the creative process on "Melodrama", where she wrote music to the "violets and blues" that appear on the album's cover
9Zvr TIL there’s an arctic caterpillar that survives winters by completely freezing itself and then melting itself in spring to come back to life. This can go on for 14 years.