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TIL the James Bond theme originated from a song titled "Bad Sign, Good Sign", composed by Monty Norman for an abandoned 1950s stage musical adaptation of V.S. Naipaul's novel A House for Mr Biswas.

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ymaw TIL there was a radio station in San Jose whose call letters were KOME. Their slogans included “Don’t touch that dial, it’s got KOME on it,” “You’ve got KOME… oozing out of your speakers,” and “Wake up with KOME in your ear.”
xVV9g TIL in darts, the line that a player must stand behind is called the oche and is standardized to a distance of 7 feet, 9.25 inches horizontally from the face of the dartboard.
g0W9 TIL A derivative of Mustard Gas was the first drug used as chemotherapy to treat cancer
woegW TIL the first telephone switchboard operators were boys, but their "rude and abusive" behavior led them to be replaced by young women.
rNKGd TIL why the Colombian government is blowing up oil refineries.