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TIL the first auto-tuned song was Cher’s “Believe” (1998) it was coined the “Cher-Effect” at the time.

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W7jyL TIL that Paraguay has been an independent country since 1811, over 200 years ago.
oRkeK TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart who served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crash and tunneled out of a prisoner-of-war camp.
rNVYd TIL about the U.S. Army’s Nuclear Disablement Teams, which train to assault and secure nuclear power plants or nuclear weapons during a ground war with a nuclear power.
8al9V TIL researchers trained pigeons to discriminate between paintings by Picasso and by Monet. They won the humorous Ig Nobel Prize in psychology for their work.
R8O8 TIL Wikipedia has seen donations soar over the last few years. Last year it reported a ‘profit’ of $4 M, with income of $46 M, and expenses of $42 M.