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TIL that The Doors were the first act to advertise music using billboards

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pYOAZ TIL that Oxford University existed before the Aztec Empire was founded
P1lEn TIL: That Lightning McQueen's real name is Montgomery McQueen
MeLkV TIL "bury the lede" is spelled L E D E and has nothing to do with the word lead.
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WkAW8 TIL that there is a shanytown on the edge of Seoul's affluent Gangnam District, created by people evicted from houses in low-income areas demolished prior to the 1988 Olympics, who came there as their last refuge. It has 2500-4000 residents, mostly impoverished elderly, living in shacks and trailers