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TIL that the first album to sell over a million copies was Calypso by Harry Belafonte

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vAgx TIL: In her 85 years of life, Napoleon Bonaparte’s mother (1750-1836) lived long enough to see the collapse of the French monarchy, the French Revolution, the crowning of her son as Emperor, his death, the collapse of his empire, and the restoration of the monarchy.
pYNVQ TIL that the actors in Alfred Hitcock’s, The Birds, the actors were really attacked by 3,200 trained birds.
rNwMW TIL because of its slow rotation one "day" on mercury equals 59 earth days. It orbits the Sun in a 3:2 spin–orbit resonance, rotating on its axis exactly three times for every two revolutions around the Sun meaning a day lasts twice as long as its year.
7r0Yr TIL China has successfully used snake oil as medicine due to the high levels of Omega-3 in some snakes
vQRj TIL Serbia’s capital has been razed and rebuilt more than 40 times.