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TIL that starting in late 1992 only three songs held the number one spot on the Top 40 over a twenty-nine week period

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jXGv TIL there was once a woman who had immortal cells and scientists are keeping about 50 million metric tons of her cells supplied with fresh nutrients so they can replicate forever.
AKXo TIL of a guy who drove around “talking” into cookies decorated like iPhones with the intention of getting cops to pull him over, only to eat the iPhone in front of the cop. It worked, but it backfired when he was arrested for outstanding warrants.
16p0D TIL "Bookazines", usually presented as single-topic, in-depth magazines often marketed to consumers as collectors’ items, saw newsstand revenues grow by millions in 2020. Examples are issues on BTS from Time and a Life special on the Beatles
ADppB TIL due to a typo the wrong type of kitty litter was used during a nuclear materials containment. This caused an explosion and more than $2B in cleanup.
ne4Wd TIL the highest priority alert that can be issued is an Emergency Action Notification (EAN), sometimes called a “presidential alert”. An EAN sets into motion a series of events that causes all US TV and radio stations to become linked together to simulcast the President, or another federal official.