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TIL the song 'Mac Arthur Park' was written with its odd time signatures and lyrics by Jimmy Webb, at the request of a record producer. It was rejected, but later recorded by the actor Richard Harris and unexpectedly became a hit.

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nwmY TIL the least common interracial pairing is between black women and white men, followed by white women and black men. The most likely interracial marriage is between Hispanics and non-Hispanics, followed by those between white men and Asian American women.
xV9vD TIL that despite being only 100 miles from each other, Somoa and American Somoa will enter the new decade 25 hours apart. Residents can take a 30 minute flight back into 2019 and celebrate the New Year again more than a day later.
L779 TIL of Manichaeism. It spanned from the Roman Empire to China. Founded by Mani, who claimed to be a successor of Buddha, Zoroaster, and Jesus. St. Augustine was a Manichee before he apostatised. Today none of its texts has survived and it is now extinct due to a worldwide holocaust of its adherents.
yQ8vl TIL that 'Die Hard' is a sequel to Frank Sinatra's 1968 movie 'The Detective.'
b9xKN TIL that sometime in the distant future (2 billion years) we’ll be able to view the Andromeda galaxy in our night sky as it gets closer and eventually merges with the Milky Way.