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TIL That Jet ('Are You Gonna Be My Girl') released a second album, which Pitchfork rated at a 0.0 and posted a video of a monkey peeing into it's own mouth in lieu of a review

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8el1K TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation"
9JdG TIL Sailor Moon in Japan had a lesbian couple, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptume. In the English translation this is censored, stating they are cousins instead. Due to problematic dubbing flirting was left in, leading some viewers to infer their relationship as incestuous.
5YKYr TIL the hour and minute hands of a clock align perfectly every 1 hour, 5 minutes and 27.273 seconds. The hour and second hands align perfectly every 60.083 seconds. The minute and second hands align perfectly every 61.017 seconds.
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