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TIL an album by the group The Mamas and The Papas was pulled from shelves for indecency because the cover had a toilet in the corner of the shot

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KOpPa TIL the drummer of Black Keys Patrick Carney was testing out his new studio in Tennessee and sent some chords to his uncle, who then added sax and trombone sounds to go with it. It was all compiled by the time Noel Bright was looking for a theme song for Bojack and became first pick.
OGA54 TIL that Sting accidentally sat on a piano at the beginning of “Roxanne” and they kept it in the recording.
vPmOr TIL that humans are believed to be the only animals that can blush. That’s because embarrassment is a complicated emotion requiring understanding others’ opinions and other factors.
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QkNM TIL that since few Apollo astronauts were willing to admit they were a size “small”, the condom fittings for their space suits’ urine collection assemblies were sized “large”, “gigantic” and “humongous”.