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TIL The Wiggles we’re the highest earning band in Australia in 2013, beating out both Keith Urban and AC/DC.

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D1Goj TIL statues of supernatural beings called Yakshas who are traditionally considered the servants of Kubera (the God of wealth) are found at the entrance of the Reserve Bank of India
4XL95 TIL Charlie Chaplin made his first sound film in 1940, which was 13 years after the emergence of talkies. His silent films in this time were still very popular.
l7ePG TIL that snowballs helped extinguish a train fire. After a collision in January 1882, rescuers ran out of water. They formed giant snowballs and rolled them onto the burning cars to extinguish the flames. Among the dead was Webster Wagner, crushed between two sleepings cars his company had built.
9wdl6 TIL at 4752m (15,590ft), Mila Mountain Tunnel in Tibet, China is the highest vehicular road tunnel in the world.
BoPb TIL in 1911, eleven and seven year old brothers rode on horseback from NYC to San Francisco in 62 days