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TIL US Presidents are prohibited by the Secret Service from going to the top of the Gateway Arch in St Louis, MO

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6By7 TIL in the 1920s and 30s, Procter & Gamble (originally known for soap and candles) sponsored several radio shows, those shows becoming known as “soap operas”
DQple TIL that public primary schools in Britain are required to hold a 'daily act of collective worship' that is 'broadly Christian in nature.'
8e7B4 TIL that the Sultan of Morocco proposed a joint Anglo-Moroccan invasion of the West Indies that would expel Spain from the Caribbean and place their former colonies under joint Moroccan-English rule. Queen Elizabeth was intrigued but both she and the Sultan died in 1603, scuttling any plans.
QJ849 TIL that the refrain "Mama-say mama-sah ma-ma-coo-sah from "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" by Michael Jackson was taken from "Soul Makossa", a song by Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango. The song was considered one of the first disco records, and became an underground hit in the early 70s.
GANxG TIL from the 1920s-2000s, some South Koreans believed running an electric fan in a room without an open window would lead to death