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TIL the national anthem for the EU is "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's 9th symphony

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7rK8r TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire co-starred in a movie called Don's Plum in 2001, but the movie was blocked from distribution in the US and Canada because they'd only agreed to star in a "short" film, not a "feature" film.
QJ4p TIL that a man once attempted to assassinate Andrew Jackson with two pistols, however both pistols misfired and Jackson proceeded to beat the man to near death with his cane.
NjeN TIL squirrels do not use sense of smell to find the hundreds of locations where they stored nuts for winters, instead they rely on spatial memory to remember location of each nut. A feat possible because of significantly larger hippocampus in rodent species.
lyK7 TIL the TV show “The Amazing World of Gumball” had a Chinese ripoff called “Miracle Star”. Gumball recently aired an episode calling out and attacking its Chinese ripoff.
GYMDj TIL If the Andromeda Galaxy were brighter, it would look 6 times wider than the moon in our night sky