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TIL the readers of Rolling Stone magazine named Nickelback the second worst band of the 1990s… behind only Creed

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WkEao TIL that during WW1, explosions in France were heard in London. A team of miners worked in secret to dig tunnels under the German trenches during the war in order to plant and detonate mines. The detonations were so great, the sound was often heard in London, 140 miles away.
VWwQ TIL if people worship other gods, the Bible says you must not only kill those people, but kill everyone else in the town, and their animals, then take all of the town’s possessions to the middle of the public square, then burn all of the possessions, then burn the whole town down, and never rebuild.
worBo TIL: About a Western European tradition called ‘Telling the bees’ in which bees are told of important events, including deaths, births, marriages and departures and returns in the keeper's household.
BKZK TIL that scientists have genetically altered chickens to express DNA that their dinosaur ancestors once possessed. Eventually, they grew teeth.
VMLAQ TIL that the last telegram sent in the United States was in 2006, while the last globally was in India, 2013.