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TIL Rivers Cuomo (of Weezer fame) is a hobbyist programmer, who owns both a GitHub account and a Discord server.

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X0Ge6 TIL That the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, is not connected to a sewer system and as such has trucks manually remove human excrement from it daily.
ne9Yb TIL The FBI investigated the song “Louie Louie” because people thought the lyrics were dirty. After three months, the FBI abandoned the investigation because it couldn’t make out the words.
g9ob TIL that one of the US Navy’s most advanced yet-to-be commissioned missile destroyers is commanded by Captain James Kirk.
D1G0V TIL of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a prominent american female labour activist, known for her promotion of women's rights, birth control, and suffrage. She died during a visit to the Soviet Union in 1964, and was awarded a state funeral and procession on the Red Square.
NXwD1 TIL that some sects of Buddhism start mummifying their most venerated monks BEFORE death.