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TIL that the sound of the opening riff of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits was created by accident, and they were never able to exactly recreate it again.

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b6WXE TIL A Chicago man who bought $1,000 in stock about 70 years ago has given the resulting $2 million to a wildlife charity
Nw6Q TIL of William Windsor, a lance corporal in the British Army. Of royal blood, ‘Billy’ was temporarily demoted for a lack of decorum and disobeying a direct order after headbutting a drummer. William Windsor is a goat.
4XV45 TIL that the late Rick Jolly, a British Army surgeon in the Falklands conflict, saved every life under his care, both British and Argentine. He was the only man decorated by both Britain and Argentina for his services in the war.
xl1k TIL that a ship abandoned off the coast of Alaska in 1931 was spotted, still adrift in the Arctic, in 1969
OojOY TIL in Battle of Wizna (1939), 700 Polish soldiers defended their fortified line for 3 days against 40,000 Germans. In the end, German forces broke through the line with 1400 casualties. For Poland, only around 70 Poles survived, got captured and eventually taken to camps