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TIL that the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" is a completely different song in the UK

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W7EnN TIL Hard drives will be physically faster if you format files to the outer edge of disk
6EBL8 TIL Pope Urban VII was the shortest serving Pope in history; living only 12 days after his election. In his short reign, he instituted the world’s first known smoking ban, threatening to excommunicate anyone who "took tobacco in the porchway of or inside a church”. He died of Malaria.
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