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TIL the the $100 million in famine relief raised by Live Aid in 1985, was used to buy weapons and crush the opposition in Ethiopia’s civil war

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xV8kb TIL the United States has less operational high speed rail than North Africa; China has the world's largest amount of rail, whooping the pants off all of Europe combined. China 31K, Europe 18K, the US 54. That's not a typo, 54 miles. North Africa 186mi.
OWne TIL just while taxiing to take-off, the Concorde burned more fuel than a 737 flying from London to Amsterdam
nex7r TIL Chris Brown is banned from entering Australia, the UK and New Zealand due to his criminal activity
x6XR7 TIL that King Charles III is not the first British royal to assume that name. Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite pretender to the throne and grandson of King James II of England, was known as Charles III by his supporters.
lo88V TIL Nina Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, had to change her name to disguise herself from family members, for having chosen to play "the devil's music"