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TIL "Lovefool" was the first song Nina Persson had written for her band, The Cardigans.

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XE64D TIL Common ravens have been observed calling wolves to the site of dead animals. The wolves open the carcass, leaving the scraps more accessible to the birds.
xV8XB TIL After a composer released a song that was just 60 seconds of silence, he was sued by the estate of a man who had released a similar track, called 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. His defense was, "I have been able to say in one minute what he could only say in four minutes and 33 seconds"
JYa9k TIL that in 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15 and was rewarded $100,000 from the United States
E1d1w TIL that the expression "Bob's your uncle" is thought to have originated with UK Prime Minister Bob Cecil, who made the unpopular choice of electing his nephew for an important position; while the nephew had some qualifications, "Bob's your uncle" was seen as the obvious explanation.
yYb8 TIL Ostrich eggs repel spiders and are incorporated into the chandeliers of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque to prevent cobwebs.