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TIL a student designed the RECYCLING logo & got paid out a whopping $2500.

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DOVY TIL In 2008, Prince covered Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella. Someone uploaded a mobile video of it to Youtube. Prince quickly made Youtube remove it. After finding out about the blocking, Radiohead’s lead singer Thom Yorke said “Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our song.”
kOKPd TIL that Scottish scientist James Croll, who would go on to revolutionize climate science, got his start by teaching himself physics and astronomy at a university library at night. He was employed there as a janitor.
nkPB TIL that up until 1977 an IQ of 70 or lower meant that sterilization was appropriate in North Carolina
e08Jg TIL the "Woman Yelling at Cat" meme lady was yelling at her friends for publicly exposing the fact that her husband was abusing her. He later committed suicide.
X8Yr TIL 80% of all marriages in history are between second cousins or closer