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TIL the children's song "Alouette" is about pulling apart a small songbird piece by piece

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0wx55 TIL three films featuring kids' love and fascination with baseball were released within months of each other: "The Sandlot," "Rookie of the Year," and "Little Big League." The last one was released a month before professional baseball games were suspended because the MLB players went on strike.
rwQM TIL that Mormons believe that in 1978, God changed his mind about black people.
nW70r TIL The Oxford English Dictionary took a massive 71 years to complete, from 1857 until 1928
4weo TIL the tradition for standing during the hallelujah chorus of Handel’s Messiah started because King George II stood during it at the first performance in England, and then everyone else had to stand up, and no one knows why George stood up.
PYkmO TIL: Debbie Harry & Andy Kaufman starred in a Broadway play about wrestling; closed after 1st night