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TIL the Dalai Lama supports abortion in cases where the child will be retarded or if the birth will create serious problems for the parent.

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9wdoD TIL that The Winstons, the soul group who created the most sampled music track in history, received no royalties for their famous drum sample (used by groups such as Oasis). Gregory Coleman, the drummer who performed in the sample, died homeless and destitute in 2006
R4Ka TIL it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow a single almond.
pr4Z TIL Nullsoft purposely went from Winamp 3 to 5, because “nobody wants to see a Winamp 4 skin”.
P17WG TIL that Hawaii is the only state within the U.S. that does not have a state police, state patrol, or highway patrol.
v1Box TIL Humans hear anywhere from 20 to 100 times faster than they see so that everything that they perceive with their ears is coloring every other perception they have, and every conscious thought they have. Sound gets in so fast that it modifies all the other input and sets the stage for it.