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TIL that in 1963, the FBI launched a 2-year investigation where they unsuccessfully attempted to discern the lyrics to the song “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen out of fear that the song contained obsene lyrics

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R5Dd6 TIL due to the failure of the Boeing 2707, a Concorde competitor, and a downturn in general aviation in the 1970s, Boeing fired 60,000 employees. So many people left Seattle that a billboard was placed near the airport that read "Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights?"
BrK7y TIL that umami is one of the five basic flavors along with sweet, salty, sour and bitter. It's that flavor that makes you say yum for the protein you're ingesting.
yQPVp TIL the 2011 Japanese tsunami brought living Japanese wildlife to Canada and the US
VW4k TIL Playboy magazine is available in braille.
69NVQ TIL A zettabyte is enough storage for 30 billion 4K movies, or 60 billion video games, or 7.5 trillion MP3 songs. Current estimates predict the world will produce 175 zettabytes of data a year by 2025.