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TIL the original theme song for the James Bond movie Thunderball was "Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", sung by Tom Jones.

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1amZ7 TIL in 1763 the Paxton Boys massacred two villages of Susquehannock Indians. The militia proceeded to march on Philadelphia with the intention of killing every Indian in Pennsylvania. They were met by Benjamin Franklin who helped prevent further slaughter of the peaceful Native Americans
5VVD TIL that Neptune has only completed one orbit of the Sun since its discovery in 1846.
Z8RrB TIL when in 1988 Consumer Reports compared 4 American midsize cars, all suffered failures during the test - the Ford and Dodge had their A/C not work, the Eagle had a glovebox that did not close and an unopenable fuel filler door, and the Buick had a knocking engine and a broken door lock.
Kdp9 TIL a man once named his 2 sons Winner and Loser. Loser was good at school and became a detective. Winner ended up homeless and in and out of jail.
ep4j4 TIL Despite being its distinguishing feature in popular media, only 2 out of 21 Armadillo species can actually curl into a ball