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TIL when guitarist Carlos Santana heard the song “Rumbalero” by his son, Salvador, he had to Shazam it to find out it was his own son's music as he didn’t recognize it. Carlos then requested permission from his son to re-record the song for his 2021 album and his son thought he was kidding at first.

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4kEma TIL Terry Crews said the reason Fox didn't promote idiocracy was because Mike Judge had companies pay for product placement and then he made them look bad (Starbucks gave out hand-jobs). The film tanked in limited release but made over 20 times its gross domestic box office revenue in DVD rentals.
XEr1X TIL that Mary Ann and Charles Goodnight were responsible for the continued existence of pure American Bison and returned them from the verge of extinction.
7Rmp TIL in the UK, there are road cameras that photograph cars. From the photos’ time stamp data, the average speed of any given car between two points can be calculated. Using this data, motorists can be ticketed if their average velocity exceeds the speed limit.
rZMx TIL There is a type of Australian beetle which is threatened with extinction because the male beetles try to have sex with beer bottles instead of females
5bxD TIL One-third of the world cannot see the Milky Way