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TIL Jay-Z released "Glory" on January 9, 2012, a song dedicated to his first child, Blue Ivy Carter. Because Blue's cries were included at the end of the song and she was officially credited on the song as "B.I.C", at two days old she became the youngest person ever to appear on a Billboard chart.

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VMm6m TIL the QWERTY keyboard layout was created in the early 1870s for typewriters. It was purposely designed to slow the user down so the typewriter keys wouldn't jam. 150 years later, we are still using the same keyboard design even though we don't have to worry about keys jamming.
ppLp TIL of Michael Richards, who died in his art studio on 9/11, floor 92 WTC North, whose art focused on planes; including sculptures of airplanes piercing his own body.
QKge TIL Heath Ledger’s portrayal of “The Joker” scared Michael Cain so much, he forgot his lines.
p8bDG TIL: The United States Postal Service is older than the U.S. itself and Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster General
xVpAD TIL The Author of the "Footprints in the sand" poem is disputed