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TIL hip-hop legend and pioneer, Nas, wrote the lyrics for Will Smith’s “Gettin Jiggy Wit It”

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Lk800 TIL Dax Cowart was injured in a propane gas explosion, burning his entire body except the soles of his feet, suffering hearing loss, and the loss of his hands and eyes. He went on to earn a law degree, advocating for patients right to die.
Eg7n0 TIL: Naturally occurring yellow watermelon, caused by the presence of beta-carotene and the lack of lycopene, exist!
R7rra TIL a Washington high school senior named Ibrahim Ahmad stapped fake explosives to his body and asked a girl to prom with a sign saying "I kno it's a little late but I'm kinda the bomb. Rilea will you be my date to prom?" The school gave him a five-day suspension but the girl said yes.
dD7eZ TIL about Richard Huckle, described as Britain's most depraved paedophile. He had done his crime for more than a decade and had photographed and recorded his crimes. While he was serving his time, he was brutally tortured and murdered by another inmate who intended to cook and eat him.
6ELAJ TIL of super volcanos, including the one in Yosemite National Park. These types are different from regular volcanos because they don’t have the typical steep sides and are instead depressions in the ground. They are thousands of times larger than any other volcanic eruption.