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TIL that Apple used Rickrolls developers in their beta testing

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8Xnb TIL in the Korean War, an American, Australian, and Canadian brigade successfully defended against a Chinese force that outnumbered them at least 5 to 1. The Australian and Canadian battalions bore the brunt of the assault, stopping an entire Chinese division.
awYdL TIL Luxury brand committees from Italy (Altagamma), France(Comité Colbert), UK(Walpole), Germany(Meisterkreis), Spain(Circulo Fortuny) and Sweden(Gustaf III Kommitté) in 2010 formed an European association of their own and named it - European Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance (ECCIA).
DQ7RY TIL: Crocodiles Can Gallop
b9pjZ TIL about Yasuke, a former Mozambique Slave turned Samurai during the Japanese Hegemony and unification wars. He was well respected by the Japanese and was considered to have the strength of ten men, and was one Oda Nobunaga's most trusted warriors.
d8w0K TIL "Eat It" by Weird Al went to #1 in Australia. But Michael Jackson's "Beat It" only made it to #3.