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TIL That World Fairs are still happening and the next one will be in 2015 at Milan

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aEko TIL that the band D12 planned to find the 12 best rappers of Detroit but found only 6, so they created alter-egos in order to have 12. That’s when Eminem came up with Slim Shady
9wKXD TIL Ancient Egyptians tested for pregnancy by having potential moms urinate on bags containing wheat and barley; if they sprouted shortly after it was a sign of pregnancy. A 1963 study reproduced the results as 70% accurate.
XEAQP TIL Some bluebottle jellyfish sails are right-handed and some are left-handed, across the body, so when the wind comes up it only grabs the ones with the sail going the right way for that particular breeze. It's nature's way of making sure the population never becomes extinct.
XE9QR TIL of the "Buddhabrot set", a plot of points that are not in the fractal Mandelbrot set, that under certain plotting settings looks similar to a picture of a sitting Buddha.
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