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TIL The song “I Want It That Way” by The Backstreet Boys, which went #1 in 25 countries, has lyrics that don’t make sense because Max Martin, who wrote the song, was still learning English at the time. Kevin Richardson, member of the band, said “Ultimately, the song doesn’t really make much sense.”

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DQMVJ TIL Vietnamese pho has French origins from the stew Pot-Au-Feu.
rnp1 TIL that dropping a bomb from a balloon is, to this day, a violation of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, although there is no such prohibition for dropping a bomb from an aircraft
wlLJ TIL that in the 1957 film “12 Angry Men” the focal length of the lenses in the cameras used were gradually increased to create a feeling of claustrophobia.
oR90o TIL A sturgeon's sex can't be reliably determined until 5 years of age, which leaves caviar farms with the significant expense of inadvertently raising males.
QJXBd TIL Red hair occurs naturally in 1-2% of the human population. However, In Ireland, the percentage of population with red hair is estimated to be around 10%, making it the world’s highest concentrated population of red heads.