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TIL Jimi Hendrix never had a #1 single. Or even in the top 10. His highest charting single reached #20.

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VMleZ TIL White Castle became popular because of public reaction to Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”. To make sure that customers thought their food was clean, the buildings were painted completely white, the interiors were made of stainless steel, and the employees all wore spotless uniforms
rRW1w TIL that orcas have been targeting great whites, putting them into tonic immobility, and eating their livers.
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aLDo TIL chief translator for European Parliament, Ioannis Ikonomou, speaks 32 languages fluently, including two dead ones