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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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xRy0 TIL The Rock used tequila to get his voice ready before singing in Moana
044M TIL La Rinconada, Peru the highest elevated city on earth has a goldmine where miners work for 30 days without pay. On the 31st day they are allowed to take as much ore as they can carry on their shoulders.
X8Or TIL the word “umbrage,” i.e. “take umbrage” (take offense) is from the Latin “umbra,” or parasol, and used to be a synonym for “shade.” “He took umbrage at the suggestion” literally = someone was throwing shade at him.
ymEJ TIL that in the 1780s, the Austrian army attacked itself by mistake and lost over 10,000 men
VMAB8 TIL In Greek mythology, Talos was a giant automaton made of bronze to protect Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders. He circled the island's shores three times daily. (One of the earliest known interpretations of artificially made beings in literatures)