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TIL Alanis Morissette's 'You Oughta Know' was written about Dave Coulier from “Full House.”

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7a8x TIL A baby porcupine is called a ‘porcupette’
DQOVj TIL: There was a scam in 2002 where people were invited to a year long reality TV show to win £100000. The participants were told to quit their jobs, leave their homes, and make 1 million within a year. Most realize they were making their own prize money quickly and left. However, some continued.
WkJ8o TIL that if you wanted to see every piece of art in The Louvre in one visit, and you spent 30 seconds observing each piece, it would take you over a month, and that’s assuming you were there 24/7 and took no breaks & didn’t sleep.
9Y9br TIL the concept of "Casual Fridays" began in Hawaii as "Aloha Fridays" as a way for the Hawaiian Fashion Guild to sell more Hawaiian clothing
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