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TIL that after Sinéad O'Connor refused to performed in New Jersey if ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ was played prior to her appearance, Frank Sinatra threatened to “kick her ass”

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R9A7 TIL that China’s Three Gorges Dam shifted the poles by 2 cm and also led to an increase of 0.06 microseconds in day’s duration only due to its huge production capacity
L89m TIL the Satanic Temple is a religion that worships Satan mainly so that they can horrify Christians by claiming religious exemptions championed by Christian groups, like school prayer
xp8k TIL there was a genocide against the Indians in California from 1850 to the 1860’s that lowered the Indian population in the state by 90% from over 300,000 to 34,000
e0MJJ TIL The theme music for the British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em spells out its title in morse code.
B8My TIL that Google calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving on the road.