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TIL Schoolhouse Rock! was created by an ad agency exec who noticed that his son had learned every Beatles lyric but could not remember multiplication tables.

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MQ0 TIL there is a museum dedicated specifically to bad art.
neaBb TIL Silent Night (Stille Nacht) was created in 1818 on Christmas Eve, making the song 200 years old tomorrow.
wL0po TIL the grave of Pakistan's and Muslim world's first Nobel prize winner was desecrated by Pakistani govt because they did not consider him Muslim enough due to his beliefs
kJP8E TIL that it was practically illegal to own gold in the US from 1933 to 1974. Roosevelt signed an Executive Order to force all citizens to turn in almost all gold for about $20 per ounce, then declared the value of $20 in gold to be worth $35 in paper currency - creating a massive inflation.
NwDP TIL that the German Empire in its 47 years of existence, won more Nobel Prizes in science than Britain, France, Russia and the USA combined.