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TIL Sia is the only woman over 40 to get a number one U.S. hit song in the 21st century (with "Cheap Thrills")

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abXN TIL that from its discovery in 1947 until 2007, there were only 14 confirmed human cases of Zika infection worldwide. In the past two years there have been an estimated 1.5 million infections in Brazil alone.
WkPKN TIL that in 2011, the IIHS crash tested two 1973 Chevy Impalas with airbags and the airbags performed flawlessly despite their age and early technology.
Z8lrv TIL of the great Sikh warrior Banda Singh Bahadur who fought against the Mughals and avenged Guru Gobind Singh who suffered at the hands of the traitorous and tyrannical Mughals. He was eventually captured along with his 700 soldiers and executed along with his four year old son in his lap.
DQELP TIL that there is a type of cloud called "Morning Glory clouds" that can create rolling waves in the sky, stretching for thousands of kilometers! These rare clouds appear as a rolling tube of cloud that can move at speeds of up to 60 km/h, and can even create mini-tornadoes!
e0v0k TIL of the Hymn Virus. A Virus from 1990 that would brick MS-DOS computers and played the Soviet National Anthem.