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TIL Mr. Brightside by The Killers never left U.K. charts. In fact, it was among the top 50 in 2017

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BrGPx TIL that underwater explosions can be used to manufacture complicated jet engine parts and missile cones in a process that's called "explosive forming".
v14br TIL that in 1942 the song "Deep in the Heart of Texas" was banned by BBC during working hours on the grounds that its infectious melody might cause wartime factory-hands to neglect their tools while they clapped in time with the song.
JYRB TIL one woman has successfully performed a caesarean section on herself with only a few shots of liquor as anesthesia
x61aB TIL that Tarzan actor and Olympic swimmer Johnny Weismuller and his brother were swimming in Lake Michigan when they saw a boat capsize. They pulled at least 14 people from the water, and 11 of those people survived.
9w8VG TIL about the US Army's APS contingency program. Seven gigantic stockpiles of supplies, weapons and vehicles have been stashed away by the US military on all continents, enabling their forces to quickly stage large-scale military operations anywhere on earth.