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TIL the Phineas & Ferb show introduction is performed by Bowling for Soup.

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nx1d TIL in 1858 a sweets seller in Bradford, England known as Humbug Billy accidentally produced peppermint humbugs containing lethal doses of arsenic killing approximately 20 people.
R5lbQ TIL Between 1975 and 2010, the population of India doubled to 1.2 billion, reaching the billion mark in 2000. India overtook China to become the most populous country at the end of April 2023. India's population stands at slightly over 1.428 billion, edging past China's 1.425 billion people.
Wkkjo TIL about "world's humblest president" José Mujica, former president of Uruguay, who drove a $1800 VW Beetle to work, donated most of his presidential salary to charities for the poor, and opted to lived on his farm instead of the presidential palace.
b6Mkp TIL the supercentenarian Lucile Randon, who died in 2023 at the age of 118, had a twin sister named Lydie who passed away in 1905 at just 18 months old. Lucile used to say in interviews that she was living "two lives"—her own and that of her twin sister, who died when she was still a baby.
kJdDd TIL that an old 12 inch tall Jack Russell Terrier named George sacrificed his life to save 5 children from a dog attack. George was celebrated and a statue was made in his honor.