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TIL The Macarena is a song about a woman cheating on her boyfriend with his two friends while he's being drafted into the military.

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e0ZGE TIL hieroglyphs were quite colorful, and each color used had symbolic meaning
9YVNQ TIL of the 'Illusory truth effect', the tendency to believe information to be correct after repeated exposure. The illusory truth effect has played a significant role in such fields as election campaigns, advertising, news media, and political propaganda throughout world history.
MZoK TIL A father and son team designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge. The father died from tetanus after injuring himself during the initial planning and the son was paralyzed by the bends while digging the underwater foundation.
vPD97 TIL of the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, a limestone sculpture from the Neo-Assyrian Empire that was created around 827–824 BC. It is notable for displaying the earliest depiction of a Biblical figure – King Jehu, who reigned the northern kingdom of Israel for 28 years, from c. 841–814 BC.
d8JY9 TIL that in Idaho there is an anonymous "Secret Santa" that has for the last several years given away $500,000 per year in cash and gifts to people that do amazing things in the community around them.