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TIL, the Sex Pistol’s “God Save the Queen”, was released during her silver jubilee, was considered controversial by the BBC and its spot on the top hits charts was left as an empty space

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XEZ6j TIL a large asteroid (Asteroid 2019 OK) zipped between the Earth and the Moon this past July — and astronomers didn't even know it existed until just a few days before. The asteroid was traveling at a speed of 55,000 miles per hour and came about 5 times closer to Earth than the Moon.
gMlX7 TIL until 1996, NYPD cars were painted blue. They phased out the blue cars in favor of factory white, resulting in a $1 million savings. Light blue shirts were replaced with dark blue to "hide coffee and donut stains"
5Vgl9 TIL that South Korea's CIA recruited a suicide squad to kill North Korea's dictator, Kim Il Sung. The squad mutinied, killed their commanders, hijacked a bus to Seoul, and were blown up by their own military. The survivors were then executed.
dDYO8 TIL that in 2014, the beard of Tutankhamun's golden mask fell off during cleaning at the Egyptian Museum. Workers used epoxy glue to reattach it, causing permanent damage and leading to their prosecution in 2016.
awlRb TIL that songwriter Robert Sherman was struggling to write a catchy song for Julie Andrews to sing in Mary Poppins. When Robert's son received the polio inoculation, and he discovered the medicine was put on a sugar cube, he was inspired to write "A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down."