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TIL: Damon Albarn, the front man of Blur, also created the band Gorillaz

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jeZp TIL - Ted Turner, billionaire founder of CNN, created the TV series Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
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nWxlW Today I learned that tampons can also be used for wounds and bloody noses besides menstruation cycles
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