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TIL the first video to mention China on YouTube is also the first UFO video ever on the platform

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P40O TIL that in 2002, Dave Grohl became the first person to hold the number one spot on the modern rock charts as a member of three different groups
j6M5n TIL that Mozart was not actually buried in a mass grave. The term 'common grave' in Vienna meant a grave for a non-aristocrat, which the city was permitted to dig back up after a decade and reuse.
d8R6E TIL a 40 acre Montana fire was caused by a hawk landing on power lines while clutching a large snake. The wriggling snake touched a second power line, completing the circuit and electrocuting both animals with up to 700,000 volts.
odoL TIL that when Friends Debuted 20 Years Ago, People Magazine Gave It a D+ rating, and Time magazine called the cast “dysfunctional morons”
0d6mp TIL that footage from an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm was used as evidence to exonerate a man who was accused of murder.