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TIL that Justin Bieber has never had a number-one single in the United States or Great Britain.

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Me5a8 TIL of Bathykorus bouilloni, commonly referred to as the Darth Vader jellyfish. These transparent deep-sea jellies are found in the Arctic Ocean at depths below 1,000m (3,300ft). They got their unique nickname due to their body shape closely resembling that of Darth Vader's famous helmet.
0KB5 TIL a software company buried a $1,000 prize deep in its Terms of Service to see if anyone actually read them. After 5 months and over 3,000 sales, someone finally asked about the prize
xV0GB TIL that the Catholic Church runs 26% of the world’s hospitals
jNWRp TIL that buttplugs were used to treat headaches, insomnia, bad breath, acne, anemia, anorexia, hemorrhoids in the 1900s
gNPy TIL that the species of banana eaten today is different to the species eaten pre 1965. The Gros Michel banana became commercially extinct in 1965 due to fungal disease. Today’s main export banana, the Cavendish, is now under threat from the same disease.