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TIL the Billboard R&B chart was once called "Race Records", which was 'a chart of bestselling African-American music'

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mxKeE TIL that jail is where you stay if you did something that made you stay behind bars for less than a year and prison is for when it is for more than a year.
R7L99 TIL about a journalist/broadcaster from BBC who was assassinated at a bus stop in London by the KGB. A 1.7mm pallet was shot in his leg from the tip of an umbrella. The coating of the pallet melted and allowed the deadly toxin "Ricin" to be absorbed in his bloodstream. He was dead 4 days later.
ADGAB TIL learned that the smallest wasp species is the Megaphragma mymaripenne (200 μm) and it’s nervous system only has 7400 neurons
PrAZ TIL that 555 is how Thais laugh via text message as “5” is pronounced “hâa” in Thai, and also how Chinese cry via text as “5” is pronounced “wu”.
9YaKr TIL the song “Basketball Jones” was written by Cheech and Chong. The Space Jam (1996) soundtrack version was a cover.