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TIL The Treaty of Ghent of 1814 once contained a clause that if Britain and Spain were to go to war, the U.S. would be given the rights to “protect” occupy Canada for a period up to 20 years, after which the U.S. could buy it for 50 million if 2/3rd of Canadians voted to stay part of the U.S..

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694l7 TIL The 2009 song How You Like Me Now by The Heavy has been used in media an unusually large number of times, especially media involving cars: KIA Sorento SUV advertisement, trailer for The Transporter Refueled film and three different racing games, Driver San Francisco, The Crew and Forza Horizon 2
QJB0e TIL In the 2002 movie "The Time Machine", by 2030, people have established a large Moon base, and ads are touting lunar resorts, which will be created by detonating 20-megaton hydrogen bombs to create huge spherical caverns
eplX4 TIL Frito-Lay, makers of Fritos, Doritos, Lays Chips had a corporate magician who mentored Lance Burton.
ENKW TIL that Armenian-American metal band System of a Down once held a free concert made for 3,500 people, but nearly triple the amount of people showed up. The concert was eventually cancelled by police due to the large crowd, which caused fans to start a riot and destroy $30,000 worth of equipment.
JYYmV TIL the most drunk man ever, recorded a blood test showing 7.22 parts per million of alcohol. An average person would vomit at around 1.2, lose consciousness at 3.0 and stop breathing at a level of about 4.0 parts per million.