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TIL that a fan-made music video for the song Sail by AWOLNATION has 370 million views, over 100 million views more than the official music video

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wLkNo TIL the Wright brothers may not have done what they did if not for a hockey accident that sent Wilbur Wright into a depression, causing him to cancel his plans of going to Yale, and eventually open the bicycle shop with his brother.
m1vQo TIL that one side effect of oral birth control is that it shrinks the clitoris (which impacts sensitivity as well)
PYAmg TIL that Colonel Sanders was highly critical of KFC, calling it "a damn fried doughball stuck on some chicken" and "God-damned slop," while denouncing the gravy as "horrible." At times he'd surprise enter a KFC and throw the food on the floor if in disgust.
W7E5Y TIL Mt. Everest grows by about 2 cm every year.
N7KRb TIL Winchester Cathedral was built on marsh and was on the verge of collapse as it sunk into the earth. A diver named William Walker worked alone in pitch-black water for five years, eventually putting down 25,000 bags of concrete, 115,000 concrete blocks, and 900,000 bricks to save its foundation.