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TIL that research has found that everyone is able to sing well - it is a learned skill that gets better with practice and worse with disuse.

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P5JL TIL there is only one species of cactus that can be found naturally occurring outside the Americas
OoLJL TIL The rumors about Tesla using Colbalt from child labor is false. They use no Colbalt since 2018, and the least of any lithium battery manufacturer.
9w0k7 TIL Sir Christopher Lee, famous for roles like Count Dracula, Saruman in The Lord of the Rings, and Count Dooku in Star Wars, led a movie-like life. He was a descendant of Charlemagne, knighted war hero, heavy metal musician, Nazi hunter, and witnessed the last known public guillotine execution.
wJro TIL: Sitting over 11 hours a day results in a 40% higher chance of dying from any cause.
Bg4Bx TIL that in 2003, a 14-year-old boy in Manchester, England, created fake online personas to manipulate his friend into attempting to murder him, resulting in the UK's first conviction for inciting your own murder.