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TIL the US did not have an official national anthem until 1931. Many songs were used, including the SSB.

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jK4p TIL that six years of work by one man, underwater and in total darkness, saved Winchester Cathedral from collapse.
xVyW1 TIL that in 2015, the Missionaries of Charity (founded by Mother Teresa) shut down adoptions in all 30 of its orphanages rather than comply with new Indian laws that eased the adoption process for divorced and single people.
rNBXe TIL Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin singer) had three children with his wife (at the time) Maureen Wilson before divorcing in 1983 and then had a child with Maureen's sister Shirley Wilson. Making his kids both cousins and siblings.
Y7X8x TIL Espionage Act violations carry up to 10 years prison penalty per violation (per document)
Wk88o TIL the role of Hannibal Lecter was turned down by Sean Connery, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro & others. Silence of the Lambs would go on to be the 3rd film in history to win all "Big 5" Academy Awards & upon release in 1991 on VHS, became the most rented film in the United States.