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TIL that the music used in the "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy advertisement was pirated

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AN0O7 TIL From 1898 to 2006 Americans paid a 3% tax on all long distance telephone calls in order to pay for the Spanish American War.
rRamd TIL of Operation Pastorius, a German WWII mission of sabotage inside the United States. It failed primarily due to defections, but was in danger of being compromised right from the start as one of the agents, when drunk, announced to patrons at a bar in Paris that he was a secret agent.
v8PB TIL that the word “avocado” comes from the Aztec “ahuacacuahatl,” which translates to “testicle tree.”
Re57 TIL there were so many overdubs during the recording of “Bohemian Rhapsody” that the magnetic tape used to record the song became virtually transparent.
oBG58 TIL Methamphetamine was sold in WW2 under the brand name Pervitin. It was used by all branches of the Wehrmacht forces of the Third Reich for its "stimulant effects and to induce extended wakefulness."