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TIL the YouTube music video for Jamrioquai's Virtual Insanity is over 10 years old

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kOKbB TIL of Inochi Tendenko (go separately) - the maxim in tsunami prone areas of Japan that dictates that the individual need not stay and help others but should run and preserve his or her life instead
1ed7 TIL that a man who was burned by the burning mat at Burning Man tried to sue the event’s organizers, claiming that they should have prevented him from walking into the fire.
4Xayb TIL that the Philippines was under American rule. Spain ceded the Philippines to America for $20 million.
J1mej TIL the origin of the name of Mount "Pilatus", overseeing Lucerne in Switzerland, has been a matter of debate and theories, which include Pontius Pilate being buried there or that the mountain looks like the belly of a large man/Pilate lying on his back.
WkPeo TIL when French was declared the official language of Quebec, the beloved Montreal deli, Schwartz's, was specifically allowed to retain the apostrophe in its name despite no such grammar mark being used in French to show possession. The deli, founded in 1928, is now partly owned by Celine Dion.