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TIL the song 'Seasons in the Sun' was originally written about a man dying of a broken heart while accepting that his wife cheated on him many times, and was written in a brothel in Tangiers

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9Yd8D TIL there are seven people who hold the keys to the worldwide internet security and they meet 4 times a year
dDL7j TIL the Titanic had an official mascot: a cat named Jenny, which gave birth to kittens one week before the ship began its maiden voyage. She lived in the ship's galley, was fed by the crew and did not survive the sinking.
yVbYa TIL the last on-screen appearance Orson Welles ever made was on the TV show Moonlighting, where he read an introduction to assure audiences that the sudden shift to black-and-white is not a sign there is something wrong with their televisions.
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M74Z0 TIL that the US State Department recommends drafting a will if you plan to travel to Somalia.