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TIL that Pérez Prado's cover of the Neapolitan song 'Guaglione' became #2 hit in the UK in 1994, decades after its release, when Guinness used it in an advert.

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M09b TIL the song ‘Mrs. Robinson’ was originally titled 'Mrs. Roosevelt’, and the lyrics and title were altered at the request of the director of the film 'The Graduate’.
M177 TIL scientists have released millions of genetically modified mosquitoes on the island of Grand Cayman in an effort to combat dengue fever, resulting in an 80% decrease in mosquito numbers.
49mR TIL That between 1965 and 1972, the CIA oversaw a torture program that killed between 26,000 and 41,000 people, which used tactics such as gang rape, electrocution, and even rape using a live eel. Most prisoners did not survive.
XEPmk TIL Dalmatians are associated with Fire Fighters because they were originally used as sirens. Dating back to the 1800s, they could keep up with the horse drawn carriages and warn people they are coming as well as scare off anything that would spook the horses.
yVXPa TIL that permanent daylight savings time in the US was briefly enacted by president Nixon in 1974. The new permanent DST law was reversed after one year because people didn't like it.