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TIL: An 80s pop song has been online since 2002 (YouTube since 2007) that no one has been able to identify despite extensive research.

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67yw TIL for $700, many girls in China pay for a surgery to restore their hymen before their wedding night to fake virginity so that husbands can see blood on the sheets during the honeymoon night.
E1AZW TIL that Sexual jealousy evolved to motivate 'mate guarding' for both sexes, according to evolutionary psychology. Males are motivated to ensure offspring is theirs and females to secure paternal care.
AERg TIL that Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam” is possibly the biggest fuck you to Catholic church. Background figures and shapes portrayed behind the figure of God resemble the anatomical structure of human brain. Which signifies that human brain is behind the myth of creation.
NlXe TIL of “I am Rich”, a $999.99 app which did nothing except state that you are rich. It was bought by eight people before being taken down by Apple.
x6jLk TIL regular brown/dark raisins are just Thompson (white/green) grapes after drying normally. Golden raisins retain color by adding sulfur dioxide to stop browning caused by the polyphenol oxidase enzymes.