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TIL The Most Popular Song Played At British Funerals is Monty Python's “Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life”

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VBdrp TIL about the 1956 “Battle of Palmdale” an effort by the US Air Force to destroy an out of control target drone. Two jets fired 208 rockets at the propeller driven drone. Every one missed the target, started fires that burned 1000 acres, damaged homes and destroyed a pickup truck.
MeZ5m TIL, Satan's Village was a year round Christmas theme park and is considered the first franchised amusement park in history. At it's peak it featured reindeer shipped from Alaska and had 3 locations across the U.S
B6GL TIL that in 526 AD there was a worldwide dust cloud that blocked out the sun for a FULL YEAR, resulting in widespread famine and disease. More than 80% of Scandinavia and parts of China starved to death, 30% of Europe died in epidemics.
Nobe TIL that Cuttlefish are one of the only non mammals to experience REM sleep. Not only that, they also flash random colors while doing it.
R5ZEj TIL children develop and share their own unique folklore (called 'childlore'), including rhymes and games, which often disappear by adolescence and go unnoticed by adults.