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TIL the probability of a song becoming a hit can be estimated by using an algorithm.

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l7EN1 TIL Major General Smedley Butler, USMC testified he was asked to take part in a military coup to overthrow FDR
6EnYX TIL that a Chinese billionaire sparked social backlash by purchasing a rare 500 year old tea cup for 38 million dollars, and then drinking tea out of it. To appease people angered by his using it, Liu Yiqian said “I’m not going to use it ever day.”
QJnLd TIL in 2009 a passenger landed a multi engine airplane after the pilot died just 7 minutes into the flight
78JXp TIL humans belong to superphylum Deuterostomia - meaning that during embryonic development anal opening forms before oral opening - in humans assholes literally precede mouths!
jNPma TIL many defense lawyers make their clients wear glasses, because it makes them look smarter, more honest and less capable of committing crimes.