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TIL that after hearing the Slim Shady EP, Dr Dre told his staff “Find him. Now”

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ZOKQ TIL Approximately half of the atoms in our bodies originated in the Milky Way, while the other half are from other galaxies.
VMeOp TIL that the majority of modern British and Irish are descended from the people who first settled the islands after the Ice Age. All the later invasions by Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans did little to change the islanders’ DNA.
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