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TIL of Melodic Intonation Therapy. Often after a stroke or other types of aphasia, people are unable to speak. It has been found that the they often still have the ability to sing.

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x6l7b TIL: The movie 'Last Christmas', is based on the 1984 Wham! song written by George Michael, and the story setting is Christmas 2017. With that perspective in mind, "last Christmas" would mean December 25, 2016, which is the exact same day that George Michael died.
QJypM TIL Michael Jackson got $2 for every Thriller album sold. Which was one of the highest royalty rates of that time.
789P TIL according to the Hayflick limit, humans can only possibly live up to 120 years old since our cells are programmed to die.
ZpA7p TIL a group of vultures that is feeding is called a wake
wkVM TIL it is estimated that at any given time, 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk. That means about 50 million people are drunk right now.