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8XmL TIL the first rap single to reach #1 in the US was Ice Ice Baby in 1990. The first rap single to reach #1 in Canada was Rapper’s Delight in 1980
AY7d TIL horse-sized ducks lived in Australia 50,000 to 20,000 years ago
OoEdY TIL 3 Mile Island contained nearly all of its radioactive material and subjected surrounding residents to the amount of radiation equivalent to a half a chest xray. No additional deaths are implicated.
GY4Ag TIL that upon its release 'Stalker', a film by Andrei Tarkovsky, was criticized for being slow. In response to this Tarkovsky replied "The film needs to be slower and duller at the start so that the viewers who walked into the wrong theatre have time to leave before the main action starts."
ep8db TIL Alessandro de' Medici, the first Duke of Florence was called "il Moro" due to his dark skin and was suspected of having sub-saharan ancestry. His mom was a peasant and his father's identity is disputed. He was assassinated by being lured into a room where he expected to have a sex with a woman