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TIL about the Clear Channel Memorandum following 9/11. A list of songs Radio Stations were encouraged not to play due to what they deemed insensitive lyrics following the attack.

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78lZ TIL that male humans suffering through the symptomatic stage of rabies can sometimes uncontrollably ejaculate up to 30 times a day. But then you die.
njDW TIL there is a product that will turn you into a tree after death. Gerard Moline developed the Bios Urn which allows people to use their ashes to germinate a seed of their choice.
OGZNR TIL that during rehearsals for a 2003 Saturday Night Live episode, Matthew McConaughey felt up the breasts of cast member Rachel Dratch while ad-libbing in-character. Dratch kept the rehearsal footage and in July of that year, showed footage of it on Late Night with Conan O'Brian.
ADBno TIL of the “I am rich” app, which - for $999.99 - gave you a crappy screensaver with a mis-spelled affirmation message. 8 people purchased it.
Wk79X You're at the grocery store, and around the corner walks a familiar face. She looks just like someone you've met, and you try desperately to place her. Did you meet her at that cocktail party two years ago, or is she a long-lost college classmate? You walk up to her and wave, but in return, you're greeted with a blank stare.