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TIL Pound town is a town in Wisconsin

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69NrJ TIL the song 'Human Nature' by Michael Jackson was originally written by the band Toto for their album, 'Toto IV'. The only reason the song officially became Michael's is because Quincy Jones heard Toto's demo of the song and suggested that it would fit better on Michael's album, 'Thriller'.
WkNn8 TIL The Maori word for France is Wīwī - a play on the French 'oui, oui'
PjPZ TIL By law, no United States officer is allowed to outrank George Washington, who posthumously became a six-star general.
VRk TIL that Ook, the owl that played Hedwig, was the first actor cast in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
0dP6p Today I learned that Stephen Duncan, the largest slaveholder during the civil war (and second overall in US History) was actually pro-unionist and was ostracized by the confederates he lived with in Mississippi