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TIL that the song Africa by Toto has a sound installation that was set up in an undisclosed location in the Namib Desert to play the song on a constant loop. That installation is powered by solar batteries, allowing the song to be played indefinitely.

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6EvEX TIL that the king of Belgium enslaved African men to force them to harvest rubber for European tires. If the harvest was short their wives and children were murdered and their hands and feet were given to the male workers as punishment.
5p8P TIL of Peter Fechter, an 18 year old East German who was shot by East German troops trying to cross the Berlin Wall, was caught in barbed wire, and bled to death in front of the world’s media, as police tried to throw him bandages.
9YnxX TIL in 2005 Stevie Wonder released “So What The Fuss” collaborating with Prince and En Vogue. This was the first descriptive music video for the visually impaired. Narrated by Busta Rhymes.
WjN TIL Steve Carell wanted to play the Joker.
nZdd TIL that attempts were made to create a Human-Chimpanzee hybrid through artificial insemination of female chimpanzees in 1960s China. The experiment reportedly achieved pregnancy but was cut short by the Cultural Revolution.