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TIL the soundtrack to ‘O Brother, Where art thou?’ is certified 8 times platinum.

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xYP1 TIL that Ganymede, the largest moon in our Solar System, is the only known moon that has a magnetic field.
4gbX TIL: In 2011 The International Sperm Bank quit accepting donations by red heads
6EAZ TIL the first woman to be crowned “Miss America” said of the title, “I never cared to be Miss America. It wasn’t my idea. I am so bored by it all. I really want to forget the whole thing.”
BgxLL TIL that some tribes in Ethiopia view pregnant women as "corrupted by evil sprits." When the mothers are about to go into labour, they are sent out into the wilderness alone to deliver their own child in order to purify themselves
9v9M TIL Before the United States dropped the two atomic bombs on Japan, it showered 35 Japanese cities, including Nagasaki & Hiroshima, with over 5,000,000 leaflets warning Japanese civilians of the impending destruction. (link to leaflet in comments)