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TIL that most of the musicians heard playing on Michael Jackson’s album “Thriller” were actually members of the band Toto.

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Yr8G TIL Even though only 10-15% of people are left-handed, there is a higher than usual number of characters in The Simpsons who appear to be left-handed (Bart Simpson, Seymour Skinner, Ned Flanders and others). This is due to the fact that the creator of the show Matt Groening himself is left-handed.
VBWXG TIL Rainier III, Prince of Monaco smoked 60 cigarettes a day.
ZeX4 TIL that actor Jack Nicholson didn’t find out until his mid thirties that his “parents” were actually his grandparents and his “sister” was his mother
E6G0 TIL that Boeing is developing a spy drone that has a wingspan of 120 m and can remain airborne for 5 years at a time without having to land.
b94j4 TIL that keyboards were laid out so that the most common letters were the furthest apart in order to slow down typists so that their typewriters wouldn't jam.