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TIL Minnie Riperton wrote the song, “Lovin’ You (is easy ‘cause you’re beautiful)” for her baby daughter…who grew up to be SNL cast member, Maya Rudolph

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Y70Zd TIL that the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador is almost as big as California, slightly bigger than Japan, and nearly two times the size of the United Kingdom.
kjG4 TIL that asthmatics can cough up mucous casts of their own airways.
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