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TIL after 9/11, Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) sent an internal memo to program directors containing "lyrically questionable" songs they suggested should be avoided. It included "What A Wonderful World", "New York, New York", and Rage Against the Machine's entire discography.

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VBOBZ TIL: That Alfréd Hajós was a Hungarian swimmer who won two gold medals in swimming at the 1896 Athens Olympics. He went on to compete in the 1924 Paris Olympics 28 years later winning a silver medal for architecture, making him one of only two Olympians ever to have won medals in both sport and art.
8ybb TIL Emmy was the ship’s cat on the RMS Empress of Ireland. She never missed a voyage. However, on 28 May 1914, Emmy tried to escape the ship. The crew could not coax her aboard and the Empress left without her, which was regarded as a terrible omen. Early the next morning the Empress sank.
YyAG TIL the richest superhero is actually Black Panther, who has an estimated of $500 billion, whereas Tony Stark is worth $100 billion and Bruce Wayne $80 billion
rnxy TIL If you put superglue on cotton it will catch fire
8GZZ TIL of an Internet Mystery involving a Cicada which has never been solved.