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D1Jdp TIL James Cook dubbed the islands of Hawaii 'the Sandwich Islands' to honour his sponsor, the Earl of Sandwich, and this name was commonly used by foreign governments for well over fifty years.
rNwvM TIL three out of the first four United States Presidents passed away on July 4th, America's independence day.
xbxw TIL The most played song on AM radio of all times “You’ve Lost That Lovin Feeling” has a runtime of 3:45 at its day of release considered as too long for AM radio. In order to secure airtime Phil Spector had a false running time (3:05) printed on the label in order to trick DJs into playing it.
Rdn1 TIL that during the Nazi occupation of France, the Nazis didn’t remove the American flag flying over the Marquis de Lafayette’s grave
jNmvv TIL On average, each corporate job offer attracts 250 resumes. Of those candidates, 4 to 6 will get called for an interview, and only one will get the job. In 2015 - when I was changing my job, I had sent out about 400 applications and got no response or negative response at best.