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TIL that Los del Rio, the duo responsible for the worldwide 1995 hit “Macarena,” was formed in 1962. The band had released 18 albums prior to their hit single, and the members were in their mid 50s when it came out.

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P9pO TIL that JFK, when stranded on the Solomon Islands, wrote a rescue message on a coconut, and was rescued. He got the coconut back, and it was on his desk in the Oval Office.
nELW TIL former astronaut Buzz Aldrin once punched a moon landing hoax conspiracy theorist in the face
N7lBJ TIL a desert in South America went 500 years without recorded rainfall.
J1LkV TIL The B-29 bomber program was the most expensive project of WWII, costing roughly ~50% more than the entire Manhattan Project
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