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TIL American country music is one of the most popular music genres in Nigeria

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169D TIL the Nazis planned to build a 1,500 ton super tank with a crew of over 100 men.
ZPWY TIL former Police Chief of Toronto Julian Fantino has illegally wiretapped police critics, conducted witch-hunts on gay men under the guise of “child porn”, hidden cases of cops assaulting and robbing drug dealers, committed bribery + more…… and is now a Member of Canadian Parliament.
N7vrP TIL The band Hot Chocolate became the only group, and one of just three acts, that had a hit in every year of the 1970s in the UK charts (the other two being Elvis Presley and Diana Ross). The band eventually had at least one hit, every year, between 1970 and 1984
oB65W TIL The founder and majority stakeholder of Starbucks was responsible for the dissolution of the Seattle Supersonics NBA franchise.
wLPrY TIL: Beethoven was the pupil of Haydn for some time and the worst kind. Rebellious, cheeky, disrespectful. Finally, before Haydn died, the matured 38 years old Beethoven publicly paid his respects by kissing his hands and kneeling before the old master.