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TIL that DreamWorks had a music label from 1996-2006 and signed such artists as Papa Roach, Chris Rock, Rufus Wainwright, Elliott Smith, George Michael, and Nelly Furtado.

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vVnr TIL an 11 year old boy led the Hawaiian scholar Hiram Bingham to “discover” Machu Picchu about 100 years ago.
6EAVm TIL that tobacco is third in the list in terms of "Dependence potential" (loosely how addictive the substance is) with Heroin and Cocaine being first and second respectively. Others worth mentioning: alcohol (fifth) and cannabis/marijuana (eighth).
JYOB1 TIL of The Golden Age of Porn (1969.-1984.), when pornografic movies were regurarly shown in mainstream cinemas, had high production value and were dicussed by distinguished film critics, including Roger Ebert
yVGo8 TIL Barbie’s physical appearance was modeled on the German Bild Lilli doll, a risqué gag gift for men based upon a cartoon character featured in the West German newspaper Bild Zeitung.
KYK7E TIL about Eipmaco Amancio, a 98-year-old from Dalaguete, Cebu. Decades ago, he planted a pine tree that saved 32 passengers in August 2010. A bus lost control but was stopped by his tree, preventing it from plunging into a 500-foot ravine that may have caused major disaster and casualties.