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TIL Sara Bareilles wrote "Love Song" in response to her record label demanding that she write a "marketable love song"

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NXrZE TIL fire tornados are a thing. Spawned by wildfires and sometimes volcanos, these fiery vortices can uproot trees with winds over of 143 mph (230 km/h).
VB5bD TIL Morning Star is not just your planet Venus pretending to be a star, or an investment platform, it's also a brutal medieval weapon consisting of a spiked head mounted on a shaft
oBlYW TIL that the longest echo in a man-made structure is produced in an abandoned oil depot in Scotland, the Inchindown Oil Tanks. The echo lasts for 112 seconds.
9gL7 TIL that dolphins talking to each other over the phone will recognize who they’re talking to
voVx TIL Simpsons Director David Mirkin tried to leak fake endings for the Two Part Episode Who killed Mr. Burns, but to his surprise all news outlets rejected him, stating it would be immoral to air spoilers