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TIL Google hires camels to capture “street view” in deserts

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54Yn TIL Len’s iconic 90s music video for “Steal My Sunshine” came about after the band decided to spend their entire $100,000 music video budget on alcohol and partying in Florida during Spring Break, without a storyboard or plan.
k6yg TIL that the word ‘Bookkeeper’, and its variations, is the only unhyphenated word to contain 3 consecutive double letters
ovWA TIL Kari Byron was working for Jamie Hyneman’s company when on her first day was asked to model her butt for a 3D scan, landing her role on Mythbusters
WkYWA TIL that calling 999 from an Android device texts the emergency services with your location data
ZpppQ TIL that 2.5% of the human body is metals (1.55 kg for the average adult)