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TIL Sail by AWOLNATION has been on the BBC Top 40 indie charts for 185 weeks

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1dy4 TIL Passengers on the Mayflower were allotted a gallon of beer each per day. Given that beer at the time was 5-6% alcohol, one could presume the Pilgrims were inebriated more often than not.
N7PBM TIL that elephants are scared of bees even though a bee sting does not penetrate their hide
OGP1Y TIL In 1971 Margaret Thatcher removed free milk for school children over the age of 7 in the UK, earning the nickname "Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher".
6E0j7 TIL that the bubonic plague still circulates in New Mexico among prairie dogs, and that dogs can catch infected fleas and spread it to humans
ANZll TIL while struggling to sell stories as a writer, George RR Martin capitalized on the early 1970s chess craze (due to Bobby Fischer's win) and was a tournament director for the Continental Chess Association.