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TIL that after the 2009 MTV Music Awards where Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech, Comedy central aired his south park episode "Fishsticks" on repeat for two hours.

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G591 TIL there is a lightbulb in California that has been burning for at least 113 years. The lightbulb is often cited as evidence for the idea that modern lightbulbs are intentionally produced to die early so that customers will buy more of them.
ANDra TIL there is an earthquake zone in southern Missouri, and there was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake there in the early 1800s. The nature of the bedrock there means quakes can shake an area 20x bigger than quakes in California. There is a 1 in 10 probability of another in the next 50 years
8pwZ TIL, the Sex Pistol’s “God Save the Queen”, was released during her silver jubilee, was considered controversial by the BBC and its spot on the top hits charts was left as an empty space
6EOB8 TIL that while some members of a K-pop group are singers or dancers, some members are given the role of being the group's "visual". This means that they fit Korean beauty standards the most. Sometimes these members are accused of not having any talent other than being good-looking.
8KP8 TIL Your reality is 15 seconds in the making: When you really focus your attention on something, you’re said to be “in the present moment.” But research suggests that the “present moment” is actually a chunk of the recent past, and it’s about 15 seconds long.