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TIL Aphex Twin encoded a secret picture of a grinning face into a song on his 1999 ‘Windowlicker’ EP

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Bryvb TIL when Paul Verhoeven first received the script for Robocop, he threw it away in disgust after glancing through it. His wife picked it up from the bin and read through it more thoroughly, and persuaded him that it had more substance than he initially thought.
YXpP TIL that in 31 states a rapist can legally be granted child custody and visitation rights to the child fathered through rape.
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J1XGB TIL that Queen Elizabeth had the nickname of Gary thanks to Prince William mispronouncing Granny.
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