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TIL more words break the i before e except after c rule than follow it

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ADAWo TIL the Beatles wouldn’t play for segregated audiences and were the first foreign group to do so.
wL8Ro Today I learned that the "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" fought against the Nazis, the Soviets and the Polish Home Army, making it the only organization to fight the Axis, Comintern and Western Allies
W7VDL TIL that King Charles III is the first British royal to graduate from university.
kJwV4 TIL Israel attempted to land a rover on the Moon in 2019, but crash landed due to gyroscope failure. The mission spilled a few thousand tardigrades onto the lunar surface, which probably survived, making them the 2nd species to reach the moon, after humans.
epdgb TIL New Mexico has an official state cowboy song; "Under New Mexico Skies"