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TIL - "Hey You Guys!!" Was Sloth covering The Electric Company show from PBS.

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APkl TIL an endurance athlete, Dean Karnazes, ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005
yZKV TIL there was an ancient highly sought after Roman spice called ‘Silphium’ that was so valuable and desired that it was worth its weight in silver coins; however, this demand led to its over-harvesting, which is thought to have contributed to its eventual disappearance and extinction by 68AD.
OQKX TIL that in 2006, Wikipedia had to permanently block all IP’s from the U.S. Congress. Why? Because they wouldn’t stop editing each others pages.
yVAX8 TIL Mozart wrote a concerto for flute and harp on commission for a French flutist and his harpist daughter. Mozart was never paid for the pierce and therefore he never wrote for the harp again. In Mozart's 40 concertos, he only wrote once for the combined flute and harp
kPVg TIL Mark Zuckerberg is not the world’s youngest billionaire. Rather, it is his former college roommate, Dustin Moskovitz, who is a mere 8 days younger and also made his fortune in Facebook.