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TIL Sugarhill Gang’s 14 ½ minute “Rapper’s Delight” was recorded in a single take.

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0ppR TIL Mississippi “forgot” to abolish slavery 148 years ago so as of February 17, 2013 Mississippi officially abolished slavery by adopting the 13th amendment to the Constitution.
9Yw7 TIL in Ancient Athens, to be a witness in court, you had to swear upon bull testicles. Today we call it ‘Testifying’.
X066X TIL about the Ben Franklin Effect: The psychological phenomenon where doing someone a favor makes you like them more. It's named after Benjamin Franklin, who once asked a rival legislator to lend him a rare book, leading to a friendship.
kJZN1 TIL about the water-level task, which was originally used as a test for childhood cognitive development. It was later found that a surprisingly high number of college students would fail the task.
lvlV TIL that Dave Mustaine, Megadeth singer/guitarist, had to re-teach his left hand how to play guitar in 2002. He was diagnosed with radial neuropathy after falling asleep with his arm over the back of a chair leaving him unable to make a fist.