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TIL Hoyt Axton wrote the number 1 hit Joy to the World, while his mother Mae wrote the number 1 hit Heartbreak Hotel

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9w5G7 TIL A raunchy adult joke book was a bestseller during the 80s!
N7gre TIL that the phrase "o'clock" is short for "of the clock" and comes from a time when people had to specify their time came from a clock instead of a sundial or other device.
9BOr TIL Ataturk criticized Islam saying “It is no good for modern, progressive state. God’s revelation! There is no God! These are only the chains by which the priests and bad rulers bound the people down. A ruler who needs religion is a weaklings. No weaklings should rule!”
ANOvn TIL that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a higher human development index than all but four countries in the world.
1Jx8 TIL there’s an amateur auto racing circuit in the U.S. called the 24 Hours of LeMons. Racers have a $500 budget to buy and prepare a used car for the events, and the grand prize winner receives a cash prize of $501.