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TIL That because of Gangam style, Youtube had to upgrade their view counting system.

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e0aY5 TIL in 1982, two ex-members of the band Yes started a new band, Cinema. The actual band Yes still existed at that point, but broke up shortly afterward. Two of Yes's ex-members then joined Cinema. At that point Cinema just decided to become the band Yes.
PGgV TIL Half of academic papers are never read by anyone other than their authors, peer reviewers, and journal editors.
kODZm TIL the father of John Hume, violinist who died in the Titanic, received a bill for his unreturned, rented uniform. The father did not pay.
nWrkY TIL In the 1950s the CIA would spread rumors of vampires in the Philippines to dissuade communist rebels. They would ambush the back member of a patrol silently, kill them before draining them of blood and poking two holes in their neck before leaving the body just off the road.
NnD6 TIL that every bridge and tunnel in Switzerland is designed with built in explosives so that the county can quickly be turned into a mountain fortress during times of war.