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TIL Mattel once tried to sue Aqua over their song “Barbie Girl”. The judge literally told them to “chill”.

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GYmx1 TIL A popular 1865 song was called “Jeff in petticoats”, due to the rumor of the former confederate president trying to escape arrest by disguising himself in his wife’s clothes.
oy6K TIL “Orange and lemon aromas are produced by chemically identical molecules that are simply mirror images of each other, so an orange is really just a left-handed lemon.”
694nQ TIL about K and R selected species. K-selected species are often larger, have longer lifespans, produce few young at a time, and exhibit logistic growth. R-selected species are generally smaller, have shorter lifespans, and produce many young, and exhibit exponential growth.
kORn5 TIL that as of 2020, 4.5 billion people are connected to and actively use the Internet.
x7w7 TIL Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson Installed a English Electric Lightning F1A Jet Fighter in His Front Garden. However, It was Removed on the Orders of the Local Council, to which Clarkson said “[They] wouldn’t believe my claim that it was a leaf blower.”