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TIL Jean Sibelius' Finlandia was used as the national anthem of Biafra after it declared independence from Nigeria

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7rgWb TIL about Rudolph Diesel: when he invented the Diesel engine, he envisioned local communities growing crops to run their engines and making themselves entirely self-sufficient. Today, virtually all diesel engines run on petroleum from the ground by multinational oil companies in a globalized market.
P1mQO TIL Mississippi refused to air Sesame Street in 1970 due to its mixed-race cast.
gMeOX TIL Mel Gibson was not born in Australia. He was born in Peekskill, New York, an hour north of Manhattan. His family moved to Australia when he was 12.
l7L9B TIL Jingle Bells was originally called “The one horse opened sleigh” and was written as a Thanksgiving or Drinking song.
YDax TIL A woman had a heart attack on a plane, when the stewardess asked if there was a doctor on board, 15 stood up, they were on their way to a cardiology conference.