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TIL, Shaggy's 'It Wasn't Me' was rescued from obscurity by a DJ in Honolulu who downloaded it from Napster since MCA execs were ignoring his requests for a copy

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9YRw7 TIL that green dirt in the nose pads of eyeglasses aren't moss/fungus but due to the oxidation of a certain type of copper used in glasses
Oomga TIL that koala fingerprints are nearly identical to human's and could taint crime scenes
R9M6 TIL Steve Jobs found a loophole in California law which allows cars less than six months old to be driven without license plates. He made an arrangement to lease an identical new Mercedes every six months so he would never have to put license plates on it.
5YWWk TIL the ‘infinity symbol’ is called a Lemniscate.
RXBa TIL 20,000 year-old fossilized human footprints were discovered in Australia which indicate the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, barefoot, in sand.