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TIL “Eye Of The Tiger” was created to be the theme for Rocky III because Queen wouldn’t give Sylvester Stallone the rights to use “Another One Bites The Dust”

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vvMD TIL The current flag of the USA was designed by a 17 year old for a school project. He received a B-
JXoQ TIL that during a siege, the viking legend Harald Hardrada fell sick, faked his death, and had his men convince the enemy to bury him inside the castle. As they entered, they dropped the casket, took up arms and conquered the castle
dK0K TIL that “Ugly Laws” in the US banned many disabled people from appearing in public until the 1970s.
VB7A4 TIL about "parallel construction" in the US: a law enforcement process of creating a parallel basis for investigation, usually in order conceal that evidence was acquired in violation of the Fourth Amendment (e.g. illegal surveillance)
wLJ96 TIL Author Robert E. Howard imagined Conan the Barbarian and his people the Cimmerians as being the direct ancestors of Irish and Scottish people.