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TIL that Prince used Dave Chappelle’s Prince on his album cover for “Breakfast Can Wait”.

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9YpL6 TIL that scientists found a drug called Tideglusib that can repair cavities by re-growing teeth
ZpRGR TIL that an entire award winning novel, Solar Bones by Mike McCormack is written in only a single sentence.
Ree9 TIL The tarantula hawk stings and paralyzes a tarantula, drags the specimen to a brooding nest, and lays a single egg on the spider’s abdomen. The wasp larva hatches, creates a hole in the spider’s abdomen, and enters to feed, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep the spider alive.
loLyA TIL that because the USA is unlikely to extend its copyright term again, Disney has been extensively using the "Steamboat Willie" Mickey Mouse in its marketing to keep the character indefinitely protected under trademark law instead
WEXo TIL that the two ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis, in the Rwandan Genocide were designated by European colonists somewhat arbitrarily. A Hutu could become a Tutsi by acquiring ten cows.