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TIL that the charter of the United Nations still states that Germany is an enemy country, even though it is now the third biggest financial contributor.

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b9aOp TIL that coyotes and wolves can interbreed, producing "coywolves". Coyotes can also breed with domestic dogs.
aGEA TIL in response to a Buenos Aires audience behaving terribly toward an all-female opening act, Nirvana decided to play a purposely-awful set including many unpopular songs. Cobain also started two songs with the riff from “Smells Like Teen Spirit” before stopping and playing something else.
0VEL TIL that in music, an 8th note is called a ‘Quaver’, a 16th note is called a 'Semiquaver’, a 32nd note is called a 'Demisemiquaver’, a 64th note is called a 'Hemidemisemiquaver’, a 128th note is called a 'Semihemidemisemiquaver’ and a 256th note is called a 'Demisemihemidemisemiquaver’.