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TIL that the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (better known as "Ode to Joy") has lyrics, based a poem by Friedrich Schiller, also titled "Ode to Joy" ("An de Freude").

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eoNn TIL that in 1954, the CIA launched a covert operation that overthrew the democratically-elected leader of Guatemala and replaced him with a right-wing authoritarian president, beginning over four decades of civil war and political repression
J1JZ8 TIL On Jan. 30, 1607, the water levels in the Bristol Channel in the UK suddenly rose to more than 25 feet above sea level. Water flooded towns and villages along the coast in England and Wales, causing an estimated 2000 deaths and thousands of animals drowned and farm fields of above 200sqmi ruined
v1wGr TIL Elvis Presley's granddaughter is married to the Door Warrior from Mad Max: Fury Road
p8jNG TIL that from the Stalin-era to the early Brezhnev-era, the Soviet economy grew faster than the United States
jNnbE TIL Emma Watson and JK Rowling first met in 2001 when Watson was cast to play Hermione Granger. The pair have remained close friends following the release of the final Harry Potter film in 2011 and Watson even interviewed Rowling for Wonderland Magazine in 2014