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

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d845Q TIL that the Post-It note was created by employees at 3M during their own "permitted bootlegging" time, a company-sanctioned time in which employees could work on their own side projects.
xyBg TIL the side swipe damage of the iceberg that collided with the Titanic was a freak accident that has never occurred before or since in maritime history. If the Titanic had not attempted to go around the iceberg, crashing into it instead head on, it would have survived the impact and stayed afloat.
WklR8 TIL in 2011, Roger Federer was ranked 2nd for being the "most respected, trusted, and admired person in the world" by a study of 50k people, across 25 countries. He was only surpassed by Nelson Mandela, but beat out the likes of Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, and many others.
4kXKa TIL that watercress technically has more protein per calorie (roughly 21g/100 Kcal) than a lot of protein powders(standard whey protein powders have about 20g/100 Kcal).
V68k TIL that before John Adams died at the age of 90, his last words were “Thomas Jefferson still survives.” But Thomas Jefferson had died 5 hours before him at the age of 82, on July 4, 1826.