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TIL that the Christmas Number One Single in the UK in 2009 was Rage Against the Machine's - Killing In The Name due to a campaign launched to protest against Simon Cowell and The X Factor.

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mxakY TIL there are terrestrial leeches in the jungles of Asia!
D1bXD TIL Kodak operated a secret nuclear reactor in the basement of their headquarters for 30 years.
YQrG TIL At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona Zhang Shan became the first and only woman to win a gold medal in a mixed gender event; Skeet Shooting. She was unable to defend her title at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta because the Skeet Shooting event was only open to men.
W77Go TIL there's a community of doomsday preppers in SD with bunkers spanning nearly 20 sq/mi
p8aR8 TIL that 1 in 400 solitaire hands are totally unplayable, meaning "no cards can be moved to the foundations even at the start of the game"