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TIL Michael Jackson admitted to lifting the bass line for “Billie Jean” from Hall and Oates’ “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)”

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OoakL TIL that the composer Arnold Schoenberg had a morbid fear of the number 13. On his 76th birthday, an astrologer wrote him a letter of warning reading only "7 + 6 = 13", causing him to fall into a deep depression and illness, from which he died on Friday the 13th.
oly8 TIL mini-chameleons the size of a fingernail were discovered on Madagascar in 2012
GYNME TIL about Monte Melkonian, an American citizen, who joined the Nagorno-Karabakh war in the early 90’s. With little military experience he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in command of 4 thousand men. He is recognized as a hero in Armenia with statues standing today in his honor.
d8OZ9 TIL that B.F. Skinner almost convinced the army to use pigeon-guided missiles, where pigeons would sit in the nose of the missile and peck a screen to change the direction.
9l5X TIL a man got his stolen iPhone back by seducing the thief by masquerading as a woman on OKCupid. He is also a Redditor.