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TIL the songwriter for the hit “Tequila” (1957) never received royalties for the song until the 2000s, and passed in 2006

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4XWXX TIL The capital city of Bhutan, Thimphu, is one of only two capital cities in the world where there are no traffic lights. In 1995, authorities installed traffic lights at busy downtown intersections, but drivers ignored it. They were subsequently taken down and replaced by traffic cops.
BgEke TIL about the "Scaptia beyonceae", an Australian horsefly named after Beyoncé
xlB TIL Oreo cookies contain no dairy or eggs.
vPGNr TIL one big obstacle standing in the way of clean energy in California is the lack of high tension power lines that can move the electricity. Developing the new grid to accommodate solar farms may take a decade.
rR6Ay TIL that in 1990, the U.S Secret Service once raided the makers of a tabletop RPG game system, believing that one of their manuals (GURPS Cyberpunk) would help people commit computer crimes. The lawsuit resulting from it helped form the Electronic Frontier Foundation.