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TIL that multi-platinum R&B/Pop singer Keri Hilson dissed Beyonce and received overwhelming backlash, causing her to fall into a 9-year depression. She hasn't released any music in 9 years and now considers herself washed up. She's only 37 years old.

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Xk7Q TIL that in the 1800s gay men in London made up an entire slang language so they could communicate in public without fear of being arrested.
OGawY TIL that the font used on the PlayStation 3 is a slight variation of the Spider-Man font
JpbV TIL Judge Cicconetti of Ohio dispenses what he calls creative justice. He has sentenced a man who stole from the Salvation Army to spend 24 hours homeless, a woman who abandoned 35 kittens in a forest to spend a night in the woods, & noisy neighbours to listen to classical music instead of rock
0de5R TIL the first ever purchase made in Euros was for a kilo of Lychees, and happened on Jan 1, 2002 on the French island of Réunion.
a8wV9 TIL of "Antiaris toxicaria", also known as the "Upas", a tree whose latex is so toxic it is used to poison the tips of blowdarts and arrows in Southeast Asian cultures. It has sometimes been regarded as the most poisonous tree in the world.