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TIL that, while the Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812, it didn’t become the United States national anthem until a few years before WWII - over a century later.

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00D5 TIL that English magazine, Homes and Gardens, featured an article about Hitler’s house called ‘Hitler’s Mountain Home’. In it, the author gushed about the furniture, colour scheme and flowers. The following year, Hitler invaded Poland, which started WWII.
GYN7N TIL 70 percent of the world’s Macadamia Nuts came from one tree in Australia. All of Hawaii’s macadamias share distinctive markers with a tiny wild grouping of trees in Gympie, suggesting that all of the state’s modern crops were likely cloned out of a single Australian tree.
16xG4 TIL that Missing Parrot With British Accent Returns Home After 4 Years Speaking Spanish
Oo9N6 TIL the last song on the US version of Ok Go's sophomore album is a track titled "9027 km" which consists of a 35-minute recording of frontman Damian Kulash's sleeping girlfriend. It was put on the album to pad out the cd and prevent the label from adding extra DRM software.
pwYb TIL Bear Grylls has launched a survival academy. There are 3-day or 6-day courses currently offered in Scotland and will be expanding to the US in 2013.