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TIL Stan LePard created the song 'Velkommen' adapted by Windows 98/2k/XP during OS installs, a song many people didn't even hear it if the sound drivers weren't installed yet

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AXdn TIL the “I am a golden god!” line from the film ‘Almost Famous’ is based on a direct quote from Robert Plant who was on a hotel balcony at the time. There is even a photo that captured the moment.
plYZ TIL of Lagrange Points 4,5: special spots in space in which any object placed there will remain locked there forever
dVk8 TIL that in the United States you have a 41% chance of being diagnosed with cancer at some point during your lifetime.
p8Kr4 TIL that James A. Garfield was hired to teach penmanship to the students of Pownal, Vermont after the previous teacher left, that teacher's name? Chester A. Arthur.
gMxWW TIL Despite having different names asteroids - meteors and meteorites are all the same thing - just in different places. When it's still in space it's called an asteroid - when it enters Earth's atmosphere it's called a meteor and if it actually hits the surface it is a meteorite