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TIL Shakira’s hit single “Waka Waka” was actually sampled (almost entirely) from a 1986 Cameroonian song “Zamina mina” without their permission, and she never gave them credit

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x65L0 TIL that an outbreak of cyanide poisoning in Tylenol in 1982 is what brought about safety seals on over-the-counter pill bottles.
jNGpX TIL coffee was so important in Turkish culture that under 15th-century law, a woman had the freedom to divorce her husband if he did not provide her with enough coffee
4Xr4X TIL That the sound from the massive 1883 eruption of Krakatoa circled the earth four times and was heard in over 50 different locations around the globe
XEdeQ TIL the Maryland State House is the oldest U.S. state capitol building that is still in continuous legislative use having been in use since 1772.
xobw TIL -There is Dyslexia for math called Dyscalculia