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Today I learned about the original "Waka Waka" song

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l75wG TIL that Phil Collins spontaneously sang the lyrics to "In the Air Tonight". They were completely improvised and he didn't write them down until after singing them for the first time, on a piece of paper (which he still has) from his decorator.
ADwWa TIL Salmon sushi is NOT a Japanese invention, but... Norwegian.
J481 TIL a Nigerian man survived 3 days in an upside down tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. He was eventually found by body recovery divers.
OAWg TIL that when there were no clocks, there were candle clocks that burned a set amount of hours. If you wanted a reminder or alarm, you pushed a nail at the desired time length in the candle and when it melted to that point, the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder alerting you.
yNVp TIL- There is a tribe of people in an almost inaccessible Himalayan valley that made a decision to bring their own race to extinction by choosing to not have children. If you broke the no breeding tribal rule, you would be banned from the village, which was in essence a death sentence.