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TIL The Cartoon X-Men theme was lifted from Hermeto Pascoal

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NDEb TIL that Paris is exclusively a twin city of Rome and vise versa. They have the motto “Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris.”
97XX TIL that rapper Del the Funky Homosapien wrote the Gorillaz song “Clint Eastwood” with the book “How to Write a Hit Song,” which he bought with a coupon from his mom. He gave the platinum plaque to his mom.
XEdbX TIL between the 1840's and 1940's there was an idea that couples did better to sleep in separate beds. People thought if couples slept together the sleeper who was weaker in some way (such as older) would absorb vitality from the sleeper who was stronger in some way
gYQ8 TIL that in 1861, the entire student body of the University of Mississippi enlisted in the Confederate Army as a single company. They suffered a 100% casualty rate during the Civil War.
WK7Y TIL there is a “zip bomb” called 42.zip that is only 42 kilobytes when zipped, but is 4.5 Petabytes uncompressed.