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5YPdn TIL that after analyzing Richard III's DNA, it was revealed that either the House of York or the House of Lancaster were the product of infidelity.
GB9j TIL that Rihanna was sued for her use of the sample “Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa” in her song “Please Don’t Stop the Music” because she only got permission for using it via Michael Jackson from his use of the sample in “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin” and not from the original artist Manu Dibango.
DbOv TIL In the US 42.6 million adults age 45 and older are chronically lonely.
Ka1R TIL of Oscar the Cat who predicted when people in his nursing home were about to die with such accuracy that staff would call relatives.
R7bJj TIL a NYC councilman proposed adding light guards to street lights as a means of curbing city light pollution. Among just making the night sky easier to see, the change would protect wildlife from the negative effects of stray light.