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TIL Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’ and Rihanna’s 'Umbrella’ were both originally written for Britney Spears, while ’…Baby One More Time’ was written for TLC

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Q0lM TIL that the universal ‘No’ symbol is also called the 'slarcle’.
0mk1 TIL there is a statue of a man killing a seal with a bible in front of the University of Iceland main building.
6ExmW TIL that red headed people are uniquely able to produce vitamin D without direct sunlight
4XR06 TIL At least four Marlboro Men actors have died of smoking-related diseases
b6WkN TIL that the inventors of INSULIN sold the patent in 1923 to the University of Toronto for a mere $1 saying they felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that would save lives. Two of the inventors won the Nobel Prize in 1923 and split the money with the two others not included