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TIL Murphy’s Law states "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.

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N7VZE TIL that Mark Knopfler, lead singer and guitarist of the band, Dire Straits, wrote “Money For Nothing” after overhearing deliverymen in a New York appliance store complain about their jobs while watching MTV. Most of the lyrics were things they actually said.
woA8M TIL only larger ships in the US Navy have a Captain, smaller frigates etc. have Commanders
GXyQ TIL that when the last woolly mammoths died out, the pyramids of Giza were already a thousand years old
ANLgB TIL Whoopi Goldberg's stage name came from a Whoopee Cushion due to her gassy nature
KOKna TIL: During the 2008 recession, WHO and CDC reported an increase of 5,000 suicides in the first year per country.