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TIL many keyboards in Japan have small space bars to make room for a language switching key

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R5YY4 TIL that when Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit wrote the song Hot Dog as a diss track aimed at Trent Reznor, he used so much material from Nine Inch Nail songs that he had to give Trent Reznor a writing credit and pay him royalties.
9bpM TIL a skydiver fell at 130 kilometres an hour, but landed on top of a fire ant nest. The stinging from the ants provided adrenaline to her body which kept her alive.
VRNZ TIL that British scientist James Smithson donated his entire fortune to the United States (worth 1/66th of the entire US budget) to create the Smithsonian Institution despite never having visited the United States. He left no explanation of his motivation.
wW7W TIL if you want to comment on the Norwegian news site, NRKbeta you must first take a quiz to test your basic understanding of the article. This is done to prevent ranting and foster positive conversations
YpGWv TIL: John Paul DeJoria, founder of Paul Mitchell Hair Products, also founded Patrón Tequila.