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TIL that the theme song of Dawson's Creek was supposed to be "Hand In My Pocket" by Alanis Morrisette but after the creator failed to obtain the licensing for the song, he went instead with "I Don't Want To Wait" by Paula Cole.

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XEYNr TIL Charlie Chaplin got the inspiration for the classic Modern Times after a conversation with Mahatma Gandhi on modern technology.
yQYNJ TIL Princess Diana was snuggled into a London bar with Freddie Mercury, Kenny Everett and Actress Cleo Rocos
d7VE TIL that the Times said in 2013 that it does not publish letters from climate change deniers: “Saying ‘there’s no sign humans have caused climate change’ is not stating an opinion, it’s asserting a factual inaccuracy’ that doesn’t belong in our pages.”
dVQj TIL: Archaeologists uncovered 800 year old letters in Russia. Included was schoolwork by a young boy, in which he slacked off and doodled pictures of himself taking part in adventures.
xVvp1 TIL: Sexagesimal (base 60) is a numeral system with sixty as its base. It originated with the ancient Sumerians in the 3rd millennium BC, was passed down to the ancient Babylonians, and is still used—in a modified form—for measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates.