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TIL that David Bowie predicted the uprise of the Internet in an interview in 1999, underlining the importance of the “demystification process between the artist and the audience”.

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ANK57 TIL that King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia is the only ruling monarch in the world to be fluent in Czech.
5VQGn TIL some species of caterpillar ballistically eject their poop, known as frass. Older caterpillars shoot farthest with the record distance at 153cm, the equivalent of a 76-yard field goal in football.
yVk5J TIL Helen Keller is credited with having introduced the Akita, a Japanese dog breed, to the United States
0w56A New research shows a Platonic ideal may be true after all: The world may primarily break into cubes, and not just in Minecraft.
jNvYv TIL : Women distinguish colors better and Men excel at tracking fast moving objects