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TIL the official German hymnal of the Catholic Church contains a hymn set to a melody written for the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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4XPpw TIL in 1582, the Japanese composed of Ronins and pirates tried to invade The Philippines but was pushed back by the then occupying Spaniards
KO5rw TIL in 1945, a bill was introduced to make nurses eligible for the draft because of the increased need for nurses during WWII. The bill failed, but more nurses ended up enlisting due to debate over the draft and due to the creation of simpler recruiting methods to help with the nurse shortage.
69GY7 TIL: Schizophyllum commune, known as the splitgill mushroom, has 23,328 distinct sexes
Gopg TIL Singer Tom Waits successfully sued the LAPD. He was wrongfully arrested for disturbing the peace when, outside a coffee shop, he intervened a group of men who were bullying other patrons. The bullies were plainclothes officers.
d8bv7 TIL growing almonds in California takes more than half of the commercial honeybees in the US, meaning they have to be temporarily shipped in from almost every other state.