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TIL that a few billion years ago an Earth day was only about 19 hours

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b9Ox7 TIL about the Banana Massacre of 1928, where the US threatened Colombia with military invasion if it didn't end the ongoing Chiquita workers' strike. The Colombian army fired on unarmed protesters, men, women, and children, killing somewhere between 800 and 3,000.
dbaK TIL Chevy Chase played drums in college for a band called The Leather Canary, which he referred to as a “bad Jazz band”. After leaving, two bandmembers and classmates went on to be successful as the band Steely Dan.
r7Ey TIL that there is a suburb in Australia called Surfers Paradise that have “Meter Maids” who are in bikinis and feed expired parking meters to promote the area and preserve goodwill
4XbDb TIL a man was stabbed to death by a chicken wielding a knife while spectating an illegal cockfight in 2011
oWPK TIL Citizens of the UK must pay a yearly license fee to own TV sets receiving live TV broadcasts at £145.50 for color and £49.00 for black and white.