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TIL that two of the top three selling singles of all time are Bing Crosby Christmas songs, "White Christmas" and "Silent Night"

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lE41 TIL that Zach Galifianakis was approached by Nike to be in their advertising after the success of The Hangover. During the conference call, he broke the ice by asking, “So, do you guys still have 7-year-olds making your stuff?”
VMOE4 TIL pedophiles are more likely to abuse teenagers than kids under 12
l7Y1G TIL Doris Miller joined the Navy as a mess assistant, one option for a black man. During the Pearl Harbor attack he saved several lives and successfully manned an anti-aircraft gun with no training, until the ship started to sink. He was killed in 1943. An aircraft carrier is named in his honor.
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YX5G TIL the coldest temperature in the Universe exists on Earth. Magnets of the Large Hadron Collider are cooled to 1.9 Kelvin, colder than deep space.