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TIL Daryl Hall has a restraining order against John Oates

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69oW TIL Mentos ran an ad campaign in Singapore urging citizens to have sex on the night of their nation’s independence day to help boost the country’s low birth-rate.
aOgJ TIL there is an extinct genus of ape, Gigantopithecus blacki, which stood up to 9.8 feet tall, weighed as much as 1,190 pounds and have lived alongside modern humans for tens of thousands of years.
wLVLE TIL that a suicide bomber was foiled when he forgot to set adjust his clock for daylight savings time and the device went off early in his car
rR9y0 TIL that most airplane seats are blue to alleviate fear and calm anxiety
b6P90 TIL that Calixa Lavallée, the Canadian musician who composed the music for 'O Canada', spent two years as a band musician in the Union Army during the American Civil War