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TIL "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy was one of Michael Jackson's favorite songs. When he met Shaggy, he told him it sounded like a song he would write, which prompted Shaggy to quip, "So you be bangin', huh?"

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njR9 TIL Chedder cheese is only orange because they dye it. Back in the day the color of cheese changed with season due to the cow’s diet. Farmers began dying it, this escalated to the current day orange color.
5oaR TIL that Bobby Sands, a member of the Provisional IRA, was elected to British Parliament while in prison. He was never seated and died after 66 days of hunger-striking.
RkY8 TIL Darryl Scott has the record for the lowest winning score in the history of Jeopardy, with only one dollar.
5VG49 TIL that there’s a parasite (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) that infects ants and forces them to climb to the tops of blades of grass to be eaten by cows.
ANrdl TIL: South Korea has a lot of unique cosmetic surgeries not available in the West. These include vagina lifts by injecting Botox in calves, "glass skin", round foreheads, surgeries that forces a "resting bitch face", and permanent smiles. 1/3 women get cosmetic surgery before 25, and some weekly.