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TIL that a US Vice-President wrote a pop song

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W7koA TIL A tourist was denied entry into the United Kingdom because the custom agent didn't believe she wanted to visit Gateshead.
LKX0 TIL that there was once a breed called the Turnspit Dog, also known as the Kitchen Dog or Cooking Dog. They were bred to help in kitchens by turning a wheel that ensured that meat was cooked evenly. The breed is now extinct.
6jxJ TIL: Paul McCartney has the world record for longest gap between top 10 hits at over 29 years
loNEV TIL 20% of 'meat' in the UK was found to contain the DNA of 'unspecified animals.' 41% of mince meat; 31% of kebabs; 23% of curries and 20% of sausages were found to actually contain DNA from animals not on the official label.
XdlQ TIL of the Dunning–Kruger effect, a phenomenon in which an incompetent person is too incompetent to understand his own incompetence