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TIL that Twenty Five percent of Spongebob Squarepants viewers are adults with no children. The show originally aired in 1999 and will have a new season in summer 2015

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d8kVK TIL David Bowie's Heroes was recorded with one microphone 22cm (9 inches) away from him, another one 6m (20 feet) away, and the last one 15m (50 feet) away, so that he'd have to adjust his tone in different parts of the song (in the 6 minute album version, link in comments)
Paxw TIL The Nintendo Game Company is 123 years old
Z8wVD TIL that the Danish language is so full of vowel sounds and guttural swallowed consonants that even Danish children have trouble understanding it, learning to speak at a much slower rate than in other countries.
grB0A TIL that the wave shaped colorful blob of toothpaste some toothpastes are known for are called a "nurdle". And toothpaste companies have sued each other over its usage.
dO6Q TIL The allies psychoanalysed the mind of Hitler during the war, and from their diagnosis made several correct predictions about his future behaviour.