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TIL the members of the 1980s pop/rock band Toto are some of the most prolific session musicians in history. Their work includes Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. Collectively, the members have been recorded on over 5,000 albums, selling over 500,000,000 units.

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7rbwL TIL upon sending his son, who worried about his ability to hold his own amid experienced and eminent statesmen and diplomats, to the negotiation that would lead to the Peace of Westphalia, a Swedish statesman famously told him:"Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?"
7gNL TIL that Canola is made from Rapeseed. Wanting to avoid the negative connotation of the word ‘rape’ the Rapeseed Association of Canada coined the new name from Canada (Can) and Oil (Ola).
oRYrA TIL the University of Bologna (a public research university in Bologna, Italy) was founded in 1088 and, having never been out of operation, holds the title of the oldest university in the world.
mxv9M TIL that even though Jupiter's moon Io ("EYE-oh") has no water, it still has waves. The force from the gravity of Jupiter and its other massive moons pulls Io's surface up and down on all sides causing waves of rock up to 100 meters (328 ft.) high.
GAea5 TIL that In 1815, the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia caused "The Year Without a Summer." Global temperatures plummeted, leading to widespread crop failures and famine. The gloomy weather also inspired Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein while stuck indoors during the volcanic winter.