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TIL Madonna and her record label leaked songs from her album - American Life before its official release on Torrent sites. The tracks featured Madonna saying, “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” followed by minutes of silence.

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Zp57G TIL hip-hop legend and pioneer, Nas, wrote the lyrics for Will Smith’s “Gettin Jiggy Wit It”
OGn5X TIL that Zimbabwe's health minister complained that the condoms made in China were too small for its men. The Chinese condom manufacturer subsequently said it planned on making its exports in different sizes after doing "some surveys on users’ data in the region".
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ND6Q TIL that in 1987, Myanmar lowered its official literacy rate from 79% to 19% in order to qualify for least developed country status to receive UN debt relief.