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TIL that "Song 2" by Blur was intended to be a parody of grunge culture, but was unironically accepted by the very culture it was parodying

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yVvwv TIL that cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy sent the superintendent's hat to the edge of space.
jNLVN TIL that Trey, famous for his 'basketball game tomorrow' on Vine, did not only win the match, but also beat cancer after being diagnosed at just 11
R7pwQ TIL a man was snorkeling off the coast of South Africa when an enormous Bryde's whale scooped him up in his mouth headfirst. The man felt pressure on his body but soon realized he was too big for the whale to swallow him whole which was "kind of an instant relief." The whale spat him out unharmed.
wbwP TIL Japan was invaded by the strong Mongol army TWICE, and both times were saved by harsh storms that crippled the Mongols. They called these storms “Kamikaze” or “Divine Winds”
jl4M TIL: that Sarah Cecilie Finkelstein discovered that she was a missing child after seeing herself on the back of a milk carton