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TIL: That Adele’s first release was as a 17-year-old featured vocalist on a forgotten 2006 12” techno track called “Be Divine” by Ricsta, released as a vinyl 12” by Stirfried Trax. It was Ricsta’s only record.

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O5k1 TIL that almonds aren’t nuts, they are the pits of a fruit closely related to peaches
WN1d TIL American males had a better survival rate than British males on the Titanic due to the British acting as gentlemen and acting ‘British’
wLLJY TIL that Emperor Commodus would club citizens of Rome missing their feet tethered together to death while pretending they were giants in the arena.
ANAyg TIL Elton John has frequently said that without songwriter Bernie Taupin there would be no Elton John. The have been collaborating on music for 56 years, since Elton was 20 and Bernie was 17. A few songs of Taupin’s: Crocodile Rock, Candle in the Wind and Rocket Man.
NePE TIL it is illegal to release balloons in the state of Florida