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TIL that Don McLean was asked to explain what the song ‘American Pie’ meant, he responded with, “It means I’ll never have to work again..”

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GAojN TIL George H. W. Bush served as the US Ambassador to the United Nations during the Nixon administration
jNxoX TIL that before Joe Montana led a 92 yard game-winning drive in the Super Bowl, he was so calm in the huddle that he noticed John Candy in the stands.
m1ajP TIL of Derinkuyu, an ancient underground city in Turkey. 18 stories deep, it housed 20,000 people, protecting them from attacks for months. It had stables, schools & wineries, and was used for millennia til the 20s. It was found by a man whose chickens kept going in a crevasse & never coming back