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TiL the hamster dance is just the Robinhood song speed up

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yVArw TIL one of george straits most popular songs, "armarillo by morning" wasn't an origional song, first being written and preformed by elvis sound-alike terry stafford
kJvme TIL Aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont committed suicide because of the sight of airplanes flying over his city to bomb a nearby airport
xVbe7 TIL that before a key battle in Alexander the Great's campaign in Persia, the Persian king offered Alexander generous terms for peace. One of Alexander's generals is said to have remarked: "I would accept the terms, if I were you". Alexander responded: "So would I, if I were you". He won.
Y7L4Z TIL that in the battle of Changping between the state of Qin and Zhao during China's warring states period. After emerging victorious from the battle, Qin's commander - Bai Qi ordered his soldiers to massacre almost all of the Zhao's prisoners of war - some 400.000 of them.
pYWv4 TIL - Members of Forbes 30 under 30 have been arrested for frauds and scams collectively worth $18.5 billion.