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TIL that Pharrell Williams was in the Hollaback Girl Official video

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xgxk TIL that multiple cities claim to be the “Second City of the United Kingdom”. Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester argue for the title, as did Calcutta, Dublin, and Philadelphia in the past.
0ljN TIL that Holland has a defensive strategy of submerging the whole country in case of foreign invasion.
woe88 TIL that Japanese great tits have a unique alarm call for crows, martens and snakes
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