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TIL that the anthem of the French football club Le Havre AC is sung to the tune of God Save the King to honour its English founders

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R5x8 TIL there is an episode of Tom & Jerry in which they are both suicidally depressed because of love. The episode ends with them both sitting on a train track with the intention of ending their lives, as an approaching train is heard.
Z875G TIL that between 1974 and 1984 a pro-paedophile activist group called the Paedophile Information Exchange campaigned openly in the UK to abolish the age of consent and even spoke on national television about their views on sexual contact with underage children
7rxeb TIL Riding “shotgun” means sitting in the position of the guard of a stagecoach
8bbV TIL that the smell when it first starts raining is called Petrichor. It is a combination of plant oils and the chemical Geosin. New research has shown that when the rain drops hit the ground they trap tiny air bubbles, which then shoot upwards creating an aerosol.
Eg5D0 TIL that in WW2 there was a Soviet all-female bomber regiment nicknamed by the Germans die Nachthexen, which translates to Night Witches. The regiment flew harassment and precision bombing missions against the German military from 1942 until the end of WW2.