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TIL That popularity of hip hop is greatly attributed to the New York city blackout of 1977 where rioting and mass looting enabled young aspiring Dj’s access to equipment they couldn’t otherwise afford.

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ZpeYQ TIL that the famous song "Happy Birthday to You" was originally written as "Good Morning to All" in the late 1800s by Patty Hill and her sister Mildred. The melody was later adapted, and it became the go-to song for birthday celebration worldwide, despite being the most sung song in English Language
DQ46r TIL about "glacier mice": mysterious balls of moss found in icy environments that move in herds at about 1inch a day. How they form and how/why they move is unknown.
VBnnG TIL about Poland Syndrome, a medical birth defect where part of the individual’s chest muscles are missing during birth.
KmBQ TIL Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for voting. She responded, “I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty”, and never did.
Y7ZoW TIL that in 1992, an Australian comedy show called "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" was pulled from TV midway through the broadcast after Kerry Packer, the owner of Nine Network, phoned the studio operators and angrily shouted at them to "get that shit off the air!"