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TIL that George Michael co-wrote 'Careless Whisper' with his Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley when they were just aged 17.

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epe0L TIL paper wasps are highly effective and more sustainable pest control agents than pesticides. And that native biocontrol is urgently required for sustainable future food production.
R8k4 TIL that if you collapse an underwater bubble with a soundwave, light is produced, and no body knows why, this phenomenon is called Sonoluminescence
8aWDX TIL Prince was 5’2″, or 157.5 cm tall and weighed 112 pounds, he often wore heels to combat his small size. His grand piano was even modified by shortening the legs so he could reach the pedals while sitting down to play.
5YElQ TIL that water has joined gold, oil and other commodities that are traded on Wall Street as worries about the uncertainty of its availability in the future rises.
eYpb TIL when Mao Zedong visited Soviet in 1949 Stalin had special toilets installed in order to secretly collect and analyze Mao’s excrement