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TIL a song that has been used as background music on SpongeBob SquarePants since the show started is an old rag piece composed 100 years earlier

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5YLoR TIL In the '80s, the drinking age was raised from 18 to 21 nationally because Reagan passed a bill in 1984 that required states to raise their drinking age to 21. They don't have to make it 21 per se, but if they chose to opt-out, they would simply be ineligible for federal highway funding.
rNJj4 TIL that the old testament was not written with the same hebrew alphabet that is used today. It was written using the paleo-hebrew alphabet.
GAP7J TIL that even if a Nuclear Winter occurred, it would be followed by a Nuclear Summer
WrDd TIL during the WWII naval battle of Leyte Gulf, an American pilot made repeated attack runs against one of the largest battleships in history, Japan’s Yamato. After running out of ammunition, the pilot continued attacking, throwing a Coke bottle and other loose cockpit articles at the ship’s bridge
ZKR4 TIL in 1986 a power plug was developed to standardize European sockets. Brazil adopted this plug to increase compatibility with the European market, in the end they were the only ones to adopt it.