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TIL A church in Sri Lanka accidentally printed the lyrics to Tupac's 'Hail Mary' Instead of the Prayer

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8av14 TIL Aaliyah maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA through her graduation from high school, saying "I don't want kids to think, 'I can just sing and forget about school.' I think it's very important to have an education, and even more important to have something to fall back on."
rRZvo TIL the Digeridoo was named by the British based on what it sounded like, and was not originally called the Digeridoo. It was used by aboriginals in Australia when it was discovered, and there are lots of aboriginal names for the instrument, such as Yidaki.
QYm6 TIL Ladybird Johnson donated money to have wildflowers along all of Texas Highways
v1LeL TIL in 1976 The Indian Government castrated over 6.2 million poor men in the name of population control.
XEvjE TIL the official rulebook of wife-carrying states that the woman that a male competitor is carrying does not have to be his actual wife - the rulebook allows carrying a wife that is "your own, or the neighbour's, or you may have found her further afield".