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TIL that the relationship and affair described in Usher’s “Confessions” and “Confessions Part II” weren’t actually his own, but those of his producer, Jermaine Dupri.

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8e7B4 TIL that the Sultan of Morocco proposed a joint Anglo-Moroccan invasion of the West Indies that would expel Spain from the Caribbean and place their former colonies under joint Moroccan-English rule. Queen Elizabeth was intrigued but both she and the Sultan died in 1603, scuttling any plans.
mRwM TIL the Bubonic Plague is still contracted by thousands annually, and affects all countries except Australia.
nWWXP TIL Glaciers are not the second largest reservoir of water on Earth as previously thought. A 2021 study showed that groundwater is the second largest reservoir of water (at 43.9 million km^3) after Oceans (1.3 billion km^3). Glaciers are a distant third at 158,000 km^3.
O74a TIL there is evidence to suggest that semen has anti-depressant effects in women
kaE TIL That Columbus day is not recognized in 3 states: Hawaii, Alaska, and South Dakota