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TIL Lady Gaga snuck in NSFW lyrics into her popular song Poker Face. Only 1 radio station caught the edit (not a part of official lyrics) and called her on it. She hid "Fuck her face" in plain daylight as the response to "Poker Face"

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x6jyg TIL about the Paria Pipeline disaster. Because of the delta-p, 5 maintenance workers got sucked 60ft underwater, and hundreds of feet out to sea in a pipeline. One man managed to survive due to ‘miraculous’ events.
Brleb TIL America's oldest, unbroken treaty relationship is with Morocco, which was the first nation to recognize the US. The treaty was signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Sultan Muhammad III. It has lasted 232 years and is called the "Treaty of Friendship".
yPAM TIL James Doohan, who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott ( Scotty) on Star Trek, is missing the entire middle finger on his right hand (lost it on D-Day).
5YBe9 TIL within a span of 60 years in the 16th century, 3 epidemics (1 Smallpox and 2 Cocoliztli) killed an estimated 40%, 80% and 50% of the population (at the time) of Mexico. They started with the arrival of the Spanish and particularly targeted the indigenous people. Estimated 25 million deaths.
e08M5 TIL The circuit board is green due to the solder mask, which protects the copper circuits printed on the fibre glass core to prevent short circuits, soldering errors, etc. The colour of the solder mask gives the board its appearance.