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TIL in 1975, Stevie Wonder, frustrated with the U.S. government, considered quitting music and emigrating to Ghana. He reconsidered and wrote and recorded Songs In The Key Of Life, an album widely considered a masterpiece.

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a8YDb TIL sucking in your stomach for years causes Hourglass Syndrome, which can malform your entire rib cage
kOAje TIL of the Einstein Cross. It's a quasar directly behind a galaxy and due to gravitational lensing, it appears as 4 images of the quasar around the galaxy
N7ZJ1 TIL The Phoenix Zoo and the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society of London (now Fauna and Flora International), with financial help from the World Wildlife Fund, are credited with saving the Arabian oryx from extinction.Starting with 9 animals and now estimated more than 8,000 Arabian oryx's.
7NKZ TIL an 18-year-old male committed suicide as a result of a ‘ghost’ prank carried out by the BBC. Due to the controversy, the BBC put a 10-year ban on the broadcast of the show
jN8a TIL there was once a shark with a circular saw for a mouth.