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TIL a SIGNIFICANT portion of Chumbawamba’s discography is sociopolitical folk music

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ny1b TIL that there is a list of transitional fossils that details the evolution of a species and its side branches.
LaWm TIL the Terry Kath from the band Chigaco’s last words were “Don’t worry about it … look, the clip is not even in it” - just before putting a pistol to his temple and pulling the trigger.
GAorJ TIL when the Eiffel Tower was proposed, anglers in Paris feared that the tower would discharge lightning into the Seine and kill all the fish
6E76Y TIL that John F. Kennedy was on 12 different medications a day during his presidency, just to enable him to face the day.
9YWo7 TIL that Microsoft Flight Simulator is the longest-running software product line for Microsoft at 37 years old, predating Windows by three years