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TIL that in 2013, the CIA publicly acknowledged the existence of Area 51 for the first time.

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Eg05d TIL the male member of Boney M died on the same date and in the same city as Rasputin, the subject/title of the groups international hit.
dmlE TIL: During 1964, the US FAA bombarded Oklahoma City with sonic booms from 8 supersonic flights per day, 7 days per week for SIX MONTHS! There were more than 15,000 complaints.
Wk7PB TIL that between 5 and 6 million years ago, the Strait of Gibraltar closed, and the entire Mediterranean Sea evaporated within 1000 years, leaving behind a salty desert.
D1gJj TIL that the oldest recorded piece of music is the ‘Hurrian Hymn no.6’ and is 3400 years old.
jN1bE TIL After contracting gonorrhea due to having unsimulated sex in the film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, Melvin Van Peebles successfully applied for workers’ compensation because he was “hurt on the job”