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TIL Jacksonian Democrat William Rives looks just like Freddie Mercury

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rNKBy TIL the "Toyota War" was an international military conflict during which the Chadian army warded off Gaddafi's tank-equipped Libyan invasion with one of the first large scale uses of civilian technicals (Toyota Land Cruisers with heavy weaponry mounted to them).
5V4Nr TIL the 26th Grammy Awards Ceremony (1984) still holds the record for the highest viewership in grammy history at 51.67 Million viewers.
yVbZw TIL that from year to year, winds and air pressure patterns change, causing different forces to act on the solid Earth. During El Niño years, for example, the rotation of the Earth may slow ever so slightly because of stronger winds, increasing the length of a day by a fraction of a millisecond
knlW TIL Samsung laughed Android’s founder out of the boardroom. Two weeks later, Google bought Android for $50 million.
D1VBg TIL about 'Fast Eddie' Maher, a security driver who stole £1.2m and fled to America