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TIL Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" was originally a Toto Song

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R77d4 TIL that on September 16, 1920, a bomb exploded on Wall Street outside the NYSE building, killing 33 people and injuring more than 400. The perpetrators were never found.
a8LDM TIL of Mexican General Jose De Urrea. Urrea was undefeated, having a victory over every Texas opponent, he encountered during the Texas Revolution. However, his successes were seen as overshadowing his superiors and they took over from him, to disastrous effect.
4kmkg Today I learned about Marty Friedman, ex- guitarist for the band Megadeth. Today he lives in Japan where he has appeared in over 700 TV shows and collaborates with many Japanese musicians.
wLXDo TIL Heroin was synthesized in 1897 at Bayer pharmaceutical by German chemists looking for a less potent form of morphine. Bayer marketed heroin as a "non-addictive morphine substitute" for cough suppressants.
PxNO TIL that when you learn some (usually obscure) fact, word, phrase, or other item for the first time, then encounter that item again, perhaps several times, shortly after having learned it, is called The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.