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TIL the Pointer Sisters sang the iconic and funky number song on Sesame Street.

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V7kQ TIL That the amount of money kids get per tooth from the tooth fairy has mirrored the S&P 500 for 10 out of the last 11 years
69QVY TIL in 1941 a Norway woman was hit by a Nazi shrapnel that gave her a German accent
OGBD6 TIL since 2013 the Dutch have held the annual Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships. The Championships take place on a raised storm barrier facing the sea, and during storms of wind force 7 or higher. Competitors use upright single-speed bikes for the 8.5km course, all into a head/side wind.
o5RE TIL after the 2007 movie “The Man From Earth” was illegally shared via BitTorrent, the producer publicly thanked the file sharers because it “lifted the profile of the film far beyond the financier’s expectations.”
4XO4g TIL of TABOR, the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which currently only exists in Colorado. It ties tax revenue increases to population & inflation, and larger increases have to be put to a vote. The author was named Douglas Bruce, and efforts to find work-arounds are known as "de-Brucing."