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XQE TIL that the highest scoring Soccer game was 149-0 In which, in protest, Stade Olympique de L'Emyrne started to score on themselves in protest of a few bad calls the referee made.
d8gYr TIL in 1985 Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant covered the 60s ballad "Sea of Love". It was put on the B-side of a Rocking At Midnight as a throwaway track, and when it went popular Plant feared his career was finished and he'd be remembered as a crooner of love songs.
KYkVJ TIL the brain has a "default mode network" that's best known for being active when a person is not focused on the outside world and the brain is at wakeful rest, such as during daydreaming and mind-wandering. It creates a coherent "internal narrative" central to the construction of a sense of self.
XD18 TIL that the YMCA threatened to sue the Village People for their song YMCA until they noticed their membership significantly increased in the wake of the song’s popularity
yQXYV TIL The Vatican has a telescope in Arizona. The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) is part of the Mount Graham International Observatory and is operated by the Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world.