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TIL that both Michael Jackson & Rihanna got sued for the use of the sample "Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa" in their songs "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin" & "Please Don't Stop the Music" respectively, a hook inspired by Cameroonian singer Manu Dibango in his 1972 song "Soul Makossa".

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GAelj Today I learned that one of the reasons Alien has such a diverse cast was because they wrote all their characters with no backstory before casting “The crew is unisex, and all parts are interchangeable for men or women.” - Ronald Shusset
l7xYr TIL that in full retirement at age 63, Rockefeller earned over $58 million in investments in 1902.
ldRG TIL that Foxconn, the iPhone manufacturer, has reduced its employees from 110,000 to 50,000, thanks to the introduction of robots.
QNxQ6 TIL that the CPR doll is modeled after a real person. Her name was L'Inconnue de la Seine and she drowned in a river near Paris. She has come to be known as “the most kissed face in the world”.
ZpMBB TIL You actually burn more calories in the cold weather than warm weather.