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TIL a quasi moon of Venus was named after a misprint on a child's astronomy poster

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b6WM0 TIL that while mixing their hit song "Africa", Toto keyboardist, Steve Porcaro wrote a new song on the side, inspired by his daughter. While the melody was set, it never materialized as a song until it was picked up by another singer. The singer was Michael Jackson. The song was Human Nature
kO4lW TIL In 2011, South Korea passed a law called "Cinderella Law" prohibiting children under 16 from playing online video games between 12 am to 6 am.
kO0r7 TIL that an alligator terrorizing Chicago locals was captured and named Chance the Snapper by the local Herpetological society
P4vn TIL shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks a memo was distributed to radio stations with a list of songs deemed ‘lyrically inappropriate’; the list contained 165 suggestions with one reading “Every Rage Against the Machine Song”.
DQgVJ TIL composer Philip Glass and "This American Life" host Ira Glass are cousins