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TIL that Blue Monday was only written so that New Order could have an encore that played itself.

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b69p7 TIL President Rutherford B. Hayes remembered in the US mostly for being the first president to lose the popular vote and win the electoral vote, is remembered very fondly in Paraguay for his help in settling a territorial dispute that ensured "its survival as a country"
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Z8Jko TIL About Empedocles, a Greek philosopher who thought he was a God. In order to prove his divinity, he leapt into Mount Etna to show that he could survive the fire. It is said his bronze sandal was found after it was spat out of the volcano.
bedj TIL in Christmas 2010, the Colombian government covered jungle trees with lights. When FARC guerrillas walked by, the trees lit up and banners asking them to lay down their arms became visible. 331 guerrillas re-entered society and the campaign won an award for strategic marketing excellence.
vZ4L TIL that there is a rare sleeping disorder called Kleine–Levin syndrome that causes people to sleep for weeks at a time waking only to eat or go to the bathroom