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TIL the first video on youtube "me at the zoo" was actually a d*ck joke and it went over my head as a youth

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VMKNm TIL that Tchaikovsky, who was gay, signed off a letter to his brother Modest, who was also gay, as "Your devoted and loving sister, Petrolina"
OrXR TIL scientists have forced naked mole rats to live in concentrated areas of radiation and injected with carcinogens, but they have never developed cancer. They tolerate acid, live 6 times longer than other rodents, they survive long periods of oxygen deprivation and can live in heavy polluted areas.
gr1MX Today I learned many of the most popular pop songs, from the last 50 years use the same four cords.
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Y7Mxd TIL Trent Reznor has a Writing Credit on Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road"