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TIL that “Seven Nation Army” was popularized as a sporting anthem by Club Brugge, a Belgian team, after fans heard it in a bar ahead of the club’s clash with Milan.

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mxvgE TIL when Norway first discovered oil, Iraqi geologist, Farouk Al-Kasim, warned Norway how private companies can take advantage of a country's oil wealth. As a result of his advice Norway had invested its wealth to create a fund of over US$1 Trillion. He knighted in 2012 by the King of Norway.
e0W5D TIL Kenny Rogers started his music career as a double bass player in a jazz trio
eMkg TIL of Jerome Rodale, a longevity expert and father of organic farming. While filming an interview for The Dick Cavett Show, Rodale declared “I’ve decided to live to be a hundred”, and “I never felt better in my life!”. Minutes later, while still filming, Rodale died of a heart attack.
1jg8 TIL: More than two-thirds of the DNA-cleared homicide cases documented by the Innocence Project were caused by false confessions.
P7jL TIL The US dropped more bombs on Laos than fell on all of Europe during World War II. One third didn’t detonate.