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TIL there is a military soccer world cup and North Korea placed first in 2003

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oRMmR TIL the world’s oldest wild bird, a 74-year-old albatross, is expecting again.
69EdQ TIL U.S. songwriter Billy Davis rewrote a UK jingle for the Coca-Cola Company. The song 'Buy the World A Coke' was rewritten again because people kept calling radio stations asking for the tune to be played. It subsequently became "I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing" and reached #13 on Billboard.
KO6a6 TIL In 1977 there was an Emmy Award winning Prequel to How The Grinch Stole Christmas in which the Grinch tries to terrorize the Whos on Halloween. It is called “Halloween is Grinch Night”
xW4D TIL - When Pope Francis released white doves from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Rome the “symbol-of-peace” birds were immediately attacked by a seagull and a crow.
pnbp TIL that in 1937, a natural gas leak at the local school in New London, Texas caused a massive explosion that killed upward of 295 students and teachers, the deadliest school disaster in US history. Adolf Hitler even sent his condolences by telegram.