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TIL that Billy Joel’s hit song ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ was in response to an acquaintance who said that nothing happened in the 1950s.

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pvmb TIL On this day 80 years ago, Americans lined up outside of bars and waited for the clock to strike 12 for the sale of alcohol to be legal again. Hooray beer freedom!
8eBEZ TIL almost 2/3 (61%) of WW2 American servicemen were draftees instead of volunteers
wLQaW TIL that in 2012 doctors around the world voted the 1846 paper describing anesthesia as the most important discovery in modern medicine, ahead of things like antibiotics and X-Rays
x6bjb TIL In 1997, five million Lego pieces fell off a cargo ship along the coasts of England. Ironically, many of these pieces were themed around sea creatures, this is the worst toy-related environmental disaster of all time, and beachcombers still uncover the shipwrecked plastic treasures today.
OoxoL TIL In 1963, the Bronx Zoo had an exhibit called "The Most Dangerous Animal in the World". It was a mirror.