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TIL the name of the genre "Buttrock" originated from a nationwide campaign of rock stations saying they played "Nothing but rock."

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9Y5lX TIL our star is called the Sun but doesn't have an actual name. *Not even Sol.
xVVDw H2-oh-so-tasty
04yj TIL that California’s “safe surrender” law allows one parent to anonymously leave a baby at a hospital for adoption - and makes it illegal for the hospital to notify the other parent.
BGQL TIL Internet speed at NASA is 91 gigabits per second which is 13,000 times faster then average internet speed.
694J8 TIL as of 1859 (documented in the Base Ball Player’s Pocket Companion) there were different rules for baseball, with the “New York” rules ultimately winning out over the “Massachusetts” rules.