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TIL Katrina and the Waves earned approximately $1,000,000 a year between 2000 and 2010 for their 1985 hit “Walking on Sunshine”.

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gr119 TIL in 1871 to support the need for more bells in the Cologne Cathedral, Kaiser Wilhelm I donated 24 captured French canons to be melted down and cast. The three ton bell created was named Kaiserglocke. Ironically the bell was melted down in 1918 to support the German war effort.
AN76n TIL Abraham Lincoln was the tallest US President at 6'4, while James Madison was the shortest at 5'4.
Q1BX TIL Nancy Cowen was forced to leave behind her cat Cleo, whom she had adopted as a stray, when she moved into a nursing home. About two weeks later however, Cleo managed to find the nursing home where she is now reunited with her owner as care staff intend on keeping them together.
RQN1 TIL that in 1980, 4 FBI agents went to the Census Bureau’s Colorado Springs office with warrants but were forced to leave. Courts upheld that no agency, including the FBI, has access to Census data.“
xV5Ao TIL that the Austrian Embassy in London has been at 18 Belgrave Square since 1866. It is the only Austrian embassy still in place since the Austro-Hungarian Empire.