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TIL that Henry Ford's intense hatred of Jazz drove him to pump tons of money into promoting country music, which was then called "old time music" and helped establish country music culture as we know it today.

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QJYe6 TIL in the 1990s, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire's friend group called themselves 'The Pussy Posse'. They were known for partying and sleeping with lots of women in New York City, with Leo even saying "When you’re my age ... there’s not much besides sex on your mind."
9LxQ TIL there are three times as many atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
XNBQ TIL a pig named Lulu saved her owner’s life while the woman was having a heart attack. The pig heard the cries of pain, forced her way out of the yard, ran into the road and played ‘dead’ to stop the traffic. A driver stopped, the pig let him to the trailer, he heard women and called 911.
ew6g TIL the russian army didn’t have socks for 300 years, instead they used footwraps but they are going to introduce socks in 2013
je7R TIL there is a special seat in the US Senate known as the Candy Desk because it has a drawer full of sweets. The senator who sits there must stock it full of candy from their home state. It has been a tradition since the 1960s.