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TIL Eminem wrote the lyrics for his verse in "Forget About Dre" with the intention that the verse would be performed by Snoop Dogg. However, when Dre heard Em's recorded performance of the verse as "reference vocals" for Snoop, he liked how it sounded, so he kept Eminem on the track. (3:05)

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mxdWY TIL Animals in the wild travel to 'salt licks' in order to lick essential nutrients from natural deposits. Because of this behaviour, animals are often attracted to roads after winter salting, and can cause collisions or end up as roadkill.
Z1PQ TIL A woman and her granddaughter were weeding potatoes in a remote village in Russia when they were approached by a man in a strange orange suit. They asked “Have you come from out space?” Yuri Gagarin replied “As a matter of fact, I have”
OoMmX TIL an Australian fast-food chain called Chicken Treat let a chicken named Betty write out it's tweets by pecking at a keyboard. Apparently, if Betty did manage to hit 5 keys in a row to form a word, she'd get into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's first chicken to tweet in English.
M7YXA TIL The sections of the Great Wall of China built during the Ming Dynasty (14th-17th century) were built using sticky rice mortar, which was made with a mix of sticky rice porridge and slaked lime. It has high adhesive strength, sturdiness, waterproofing capability, and prevents weeds from growing.
kYpm TIL that the “sex” in names like Middlesex, Sussex, and Sexsmith comes from the Old English word “seax,” meaning “knife”