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TIL that TMZ once paid $80k for an unflattering video of Justin Bieber dropping the N-word, then leveraged it for smaller, exclusive scoops about the singer.

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rmQ0 TIL there is a tribe in India that has passed down for generations the art of manipulating tree roots to create a system of “living” bridges.
9nvG TIL the largest plane to ever successfully land and take off from an aircraft carrier was a C-130 named “Look Ma, No Hook” to brag about how it needed neither an arresting hook nor a catapult assist.
8eaeK TIL English is not an official language of New Zealand despite it being spoken by 90% of the population.The two official languages are Te reo Māori and NZ sign language.
wM8M TIL The first mention of Muhammad in the West comes from a discussion between Byzantine Christian and Jew written shortly after Muhammad’s death in 632. It says,“He is deceiving. For do prophets come with sword and chariot?You will discover nothing true from the said prophet except human bloodshed”
vyoB TIL If we’d put a giant mirror 10 lightyears away from Earth and looked through a telescope, we’d (theoretically) see 20 years into the past