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TIL that the name “Gorillaz” is a pun, because a group of gorillas is called a band.

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NXMM6 TIL 15,498 dams across the United States are characterized as high hazard, meaning the loss of at least one human life is likely if the dam were to fail.
1OdD TIL that “Randy’s Donuts,” featured in Iron Man 2, is a southern California landmark that has appeared in numerous other films television shows, and at least one song.
Z8pkp TIL that by law, no United States officer can outrank George Washington. He was posthumously promoted to Six-Star General in 1976.
BkJb TIL during the Black Plague, some plague doctors were officially commissioned and paid to walk the streets and differentiate between the living and the dead by poking bodies with sticks.
Q0wX TIL that in 2011 a tiny Spanish town on the brink of financial ruin bet on the world’s biggest lottery, and won.