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TIL the Smash Mouth hit song "Walkin' on the Sun" is about the 1992 LA riots.

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a8j8N TIL about Phyllis Wheatley. She was an enslaved woman, and a published poet. She sent Washington a poem, in which she advocated for the equality of all men, regardless of race. He wrote her back and extended an invitation to visit him.
GAX81 TIL that Michelangelo wrote a poem about how much he hated painting the Sistine Chapel, which translates as such: ‘I’ve already grown a goiter from this torture, hunched up here like a cat in Lombardy (or anywhere else where the stagnant water’s poison).’
E1dGx TIL - Cookie Monster's first "aired" video appearance was used internally for IBM to describe a coffee machine. During the video, he eats the entire coffee machine, after which he explodes.
LkVYV TIL that Pete Best released an album titled Best of the Beatles which contained no Beatles songs. The Beatles tried suing him, but lost because he was Pete Best, of the Beatles.
mLlY TIL If you are 27, half of India is younger than you. If you are 30, already half of the world is younger than you.