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TIL Jay-Z managed to obtain the permission to have a sample from Annie on "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" by writing the copyright holder a letter about his childhood trip to see the Broadway musical. However, the letter was a fib and Jay-Z had never seen the show.

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R7R9w Let’s say you’re doing 100 mph in a car and suddenly a downed tree, stopped the car, or person appears in the road up ahead and you need to slam on the brakes. How much more dangerous is that situation than when you’re doing 70 mph? Your intuition might tell you that 100 mph is only 30% more than 70 mph. But as this video shows, the important factor in stopping a car (or what happens to the car when it collides with something else) does not speed but energy, which increases at the square of speed. In other words, going from 70 mph to 100 mph more than doubles your energy…and going from 55 to 100 more than triples it.
Lk6dV TIL hemp can be used to make paper, cloth, fuel, oils, medicine, plastic, rope, etc. and only takes one acre compared to 4.1 acres of trees to make the same amount of paper, and is even more environmentally friendly, but was made illegal due to the confusion that it can get you high (it doesn’t)
yQO4J TIL after India, the state of Texas now has the world's second-largest tiger population
RnNl TIL the NRA is considered the most powerful lobbying group in America, and the majority of it’s income is through Membership Dues, not corporate donations.
E1l5x TIL James Hong has been in EVERYTHING - he has over 600 credits, probably more than any other actor in history!