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TIL The U.S. Survey Foot was officially retired January 1, 2023

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vPp7B TIL a sculpture commemorating "Gangnam Style" was erected in the eponymous district in Seoul. It consists of two giant hands in the horse-riding gesture from the music video, and plays the song when people stand under it.
MeMMW TIL that Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas has been voting since 2004 and during every election since then, a special polling booth is set up exclusively for him as he is the only voter from Banej in Gir forest.
Xo4r TIL a bomb was set off in Ireland during a parade in 1987. 10 years later those responsible apologized bc of the peace campaign by the father of one of the victims.
XEemE TIL that Trent Reznor felt his song "A Warm Place" was too good to be his own work. After the song had been released, he was horrified to discover that he had indeed copied the melody from a piece by David Bowie called "Crystal Japan", written for a Japanese gin advert. Bowie found this hilarious.
dmE8 TIL the average commercial airliner gets hit by lightning a little more than once a year