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TIL that Lady Gaga’s father, Joe Germanotta, pioneered the installation of wireless internet access in hotels when he started the company ‘Guest WiFi’ in 2002

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b97kN TIL that a single exposure to rudeness in the morning can contaminate people's perception of subsequent social interactions throughout the day, causing them to perceive more instances of rudeness.
lrNN TIL The NY Yankees beat up a drunk bowling team because they were hurling racial slurs at Sammy Davis Jr. as he played the Copacabana
x6yNk TIL that women exposed to music rate men as more attractive than women who aren't
b9484 TIL mandrills are the world's largest monkeys and they are found in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. The red and blue pigments, which are highly favored by females, derive from light diffraction in facial collagen fibers. Every night, each mandrill group sleeps in a different tree.
oP8Y TIL in 1996, Canadian PM Jean Cretien was confronted at a rally. With no bodyguards present, Cretien choked out his assailant with his bare hands. This takedown has since been named ‘The Shawinigan Handshake’, after Cretien’s hometown.