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TIL that Cliff Richard's record label EMI declined to release "The Millennium Prayer" in 1999, leading to him approaching an independent label instead. It became his 14th UK #1 single.

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DQ18v TIL that "The Pond" was a small US government intelligence organization that operated from 1942 and 1955. It worked in 32 countries, and after WWII was set up as a corporation contracted to the State Department, later merged with the CIA. The US government formally acknowledged it in 2001.
grYBW TIL Phil Collins is a huge Alamo relic collector and historian.
Z8agD TIL that in 2016, after 168 years of searches the infamous lost ship "Terror" was ultimately found in Terror Bay, which was named after the ship in 1910 - half a century after its disappearance. For a long time, Canada refused to look for a ship there despite numerous statements by the local tribes
E160P TIL Homosexuality was still classified as an illness in Sweden in 1979. Swedes used this to call into work “sick,” saying they “felt gay.”
p1pN TIL: A man memorized the French dictionary to win the French Scrabble Championship, he does not speak French