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TIL YouTube acknowledges the first rickroll as an important event in its history

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x66JD TIL there is an Angel Statue in a mississippi cemetery called " Turning Angel" because, according to some, it turns to look at cars driving by.
0dXpM TIL that in 2002, Chumbawamba accepted $100k from General Motors for the rights to use one of their songs in a Pontiac commercial. The band then donated it to a corporate watchdog group that used the money to launch an information campaign against GM.
Opl6 TIL that the reason why development for the male contraceptive RISUG/VaselGel is so slow is because it will directly compete with the female birth-control pills and big pharma does not want that to happen.
W75p4 TIL In Milan the Madonnina (golden statue of the Virgin Mary that sits on top of the cathedral) must be the tallest point of the city. So now whenever they build a taller building they put a copy of the statue on top.
kmAB TIL Qatar citizens get free electricity, water, and phone lines