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TIL that the iconic intro to "Paper Planes" - MIA was actually sampled from "straight to hell boy" - The Clash. The iconic sound comes from an electronic sound fx inspired from south and Central African tribes.

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Y41W TIL in 1964 the FAA, wanting to find out whether the population of a city would tolerate regular sonic booms, got the air force to make multiple daily supersonic flights over Oklahoma City for six months
a87k0 TIL Singapore’s constitution requires the President to have experience as a minister - or as CEO of a large, profitable company.
4kJJw TIL the most common surname in Croatia is Horvat, which means "Croat" in the Croatian language
88xb TIL Each year about 14,700 murders are committed the US, the murder solve rate is approximately 63%, that means around 5,400 people get away with murder EVERY year.
k6pW TIL that there is a belief among creationist Christians that Charles Darwin on his deathbed recanted his studies on evolution to the evangelist “Lady Hope”. This of course, never happened and the two never actually ever met.