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TIL Celine Dion's Olympics song, 'Hymne à l'amour', was written by Edith Piaf for her lover following his death en route to meet her in New York

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x61Nk TIL that Honda sold a rebadged version of the 90s era Land Rover Discovery in Japan
E1bOo TIL the NAACP for eighteen years flew a huge flag over its New York headquarters stating, “A Man Was Lynched Yesterday.” In the wake of the lynching of Jesse Washington.
epX6 TIL that Stalin taught his children to be tolerant to religious people: “Their prayers don’t disrupt your studies, so why are you disrupting their prayers?”
Q0E9 TIL that over 30% of AOL’s total revenue still comes from dial-up subscribers
6aVl TIL Wealthy Californian James Lick (1796 – 1896) founded many San Francisco charitable institutions including the Lick Old Ladies Home (in 1884)