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TIL Cher is the only artist to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in each of the past six decades.

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j6Vma TIL Robert Kajuga, leader of the Interahamwe, had a Tutsi father
pPwe TIL: An inmate who murders a guard can get no more than five years in solitary confinement, but being found to be associated with a gang—even if you haven’t done anything illegal—can land you in isolation for decades.
M6AK TIL the Kargil war in 1999 between India and Pakistan is the only war ever between two countries where both have weapons of mass destruction.
69M9l TIL the Celilo Falls on the Colombia River was one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in North America and a major fishing and trading hub for many Native American tribes. In 1957, the newly-built Dalles Dam submerged the falls along with many settlements which had to be relocated.
9e46 TIL that the roar from the T-Rex in Jurrassic Park was a combination of a baby elephant’s squeal, an alligator’s gurgling, and a tiger’s snarl.