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TIL when Eminem heard Ice Ice Baby for the first time, he “felt like he didn’t want to rap anymore.”

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gvO4 TIL when Weird Al showed Mark Mothersbaugh his style parody “Dare to be Stupid,” Mothersbaugh said he hated Al for it because Al had perfected the sound that Devo had always tried to achieve.
8eP0K TIL Gangkhar Puensum is the tallest mountain in Bhutan and the tallest unclimbed mountain at 7,570 m (24,840 ft). Gankhar Puensum will likely remain the tallest unclimbed mountain as mountaineering above 6,000 m (20,000 ft) has been prohibited in Bhutan since 1994 to respect spiritual beliefs.
epn1k TIL of musician Gary U.S. Bonds (born Gary Levone Anderson), whose label gave him the stage name U.S. Bonds in the hopes of getting him accidental attention through public service announcements advertising the sale of government bonds (i.e. buy U.S. Bonds).
oBwg7 TIL The Porn Industry Requested a "Stimulus Package" During The Great Recession Due To A "Soft Economy" Describing Itself As "...an industry the nation could not live without”
OorWY TIL that the 2000 Paralympic Spanish basketball team faked its way to a gold medal by pretending that 10 of its 12 members had an intellectual disability