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8adV4 TiL about a Russian gas station that had a giveaway : free gas if you’re wearing a bikini and they didn’t think guys would participate… but they did!
b5y0 TIL In the 50s and 60s the American government forcibly removed Native American children from their parents and put them up for adoption or into institutions, in order to have them assimilate into “white culture.”
Px4e TIL that honey is the only food that will not rot. A jar of honey may remain edible for over 3000 years.
XEemE TIL that Trent Reznor felt his song "A Warm Place" was too good to be his own work. After the song had been released, he was horrified to discover that he had indeed copied the melody from a piece by David Bowie called "Crystal Japan", written for a Japanese gin advert. Bowie found this hilarious.
EQmw TIL The word “Minute” comes from “the first MINUTE (small) division of an hour”. The word “Second” comes from “the SECOND minute division of an hour”.