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TIL that musical artist Prince's birth name was actually Prince

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78JPX TIL on January 25, 1979, Robert Williams became the first known robot fatality.
ANA14 TIL "Chief Heat Officer" is a thing now
epMjk TIL: That the Don McLean song "Vincent" was a particular favorite of the rapper and actor Tupac Shakur. The song was played to him at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, the hospital that he was admitted to just before he died of gunshot wounds from a drive-by shooting.
ADZVx TIL that humans can detect individuals that are blood-related kin through the sense of smell (Olfaction). This is thought to be an evolved defense against incest.
awjoo TIL that links that give no indication of where they'll take you, such as "click here" and nondescript images, have been known as "mystery meat navigation" since 1998. The term makes an analogy to how the producer of mystery meat knows what's in it, but the eater doesn't.