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TIL The "Clown Song" is actually called "Entry of the Gladiators" and it was meant as a military marching song.

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8aaYb TIL the setting of Final Fantasy VII is a planet colonized by the descendants of Shinra from Final Fantasy X-2
8evNV TIL star systems are much closer together near the center of the galaxy, with some being only 0.4–0.04 light-years apart
yVPXw TIL in the 1970s, North Korea ordered and received 1000 Volvo 144s from Sweden. And never paid. To date, it is the largest successful car heist in history.
e09oJ TIL on the first anniversary of 9/11 the New York State Lottery Numbers were 9 11.
1a9QX TIL that Alan Moore wrote Rorschach in 'Watchmen' to be Batman in the real world but didn't realize that 'smelling' and 'not having a girlfriend' would come off as heroic to comic fans. "Fans come up and say I'm Rorschach. This is my story and I'm thinking, Could you never come near me again?"