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TIL that the song “I Can't Dance” by Genesis was a parody of Levi’s blue jeans commercials, particularly those featuring male models who "could not dance or talk but could only walk in their jeans".

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epv74 TIL of William Frederick Windham, who was legally defined as eccentric after one of the long court cases for lunacy because he married a courtesan.
1aEwO TIL France will veto any candidate for UN Secretary General that cannot speak French. Kofi Annan was selected because he was the only French speaking candidate from an English speaking country. Ban Ki Moon took evening French classes to avoid a potential veto.
m1mJy TIL that an area in Texas is called "The Texas Killing Fields." Since the early 1970s roughly 30 bodies have been extracted from the fields, mainly consisting of young girls. The fields have been described as "a perfect place for killing somebody and getting away with it."
J176j TIL former GWAR Bassist Beefcake the Mighty (Michael Bishop) received a Ph.D. in Music from UVA in 2012. After GWAR’s original vocalist died, Dr. Bishop would go on to rejoin the band as their new singer Blöthar the Berserker.
GJ41 TIL Excel has a maximum of 1,048,576 rows of and 16,384 columns