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TIL “Because We Can” by Fatboy Slim is famous in Japan since its used as an intro music for a comedy competition show. In the US, however, the song is better known for its appearance in Moulin Rouge!

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wLVJ7 Air turbulence will likely get worse as the planet warms
m1eYP TIL the trash chute in the luxury Manhattan skyscraper at 432 Park Ave is an uninterrupted 1400 foot drop. Trash dropped from the upper floors falls at speeds reaching 170 mph (274 kph). Residents of the billion-plus dollar building complain that trash bags hitting bottom sound like bombs going off.
jNgLE TIL surrealist artist Salvador Dali had a pet anteater, delivered an art lecture wearing a full diving suit with two Russian wolfhounds at his side, and had a lifelong disgust for female genitalia after stumbling upon a picture book of venereal diseases as a child
yQw8w TIL the entire internet can be shut down by a group of 7-14 cybersecurity experts — the group was created by ICANN to protect people from global internet security issues.
8ayJP TIL in 1968, at just 20 years old, Fred Hampton brokered a nonaggression pact among Chicago's most powerful street gangs and organized a multiracial "Rainbow coalition" to help end infighting and push for social change. He was then murdered in his sleep by the FBI.