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TIL the Futurama theme song is a remix of the song Psyche Rock by Pierre Henry from 1967

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x67x0 TIL Italy has a dozen or so spoken languages, not dialects, although Italians often refer to them as such. Many predate the Italian language, and some are of Germanic and Slavonic origin. While Italian is Italy's national language and spoken by most, many speak their "dialect" in their region.
MjdV TIL that in 1947 Canadian kids started a “strike”, refusing to pay 8 cents for a candy bar whose price had gone up from 5 cents overnight. The movement spread throughout the country, but fizzled when people suspected it of being orchestrated by Communists. The candy remained at 8 cents.
M7MNA TIL in the mid-90s, a Children's Hospital in the UK improved its ICU hand-off process by consulting with the Ferrari F1 pit crew team.
bNpQ TIL Trailers were originally shown at the end of a film screening, but they were often ignored by audiences who left immediately after the film.
Rryw TIL Oreos are ‘accidentally vegan’