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TIL that the world record for most number one hit songs across all charts and genres is held by Texas country-western singer George Strait. Strait has held the record with 60 #1 hits since 2013.

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new57 TIL that the Bucket Orchid flower attracts orchid bees with a scent, & traps them in their “bucket”, the only escape is through a space where the flower grips the bee and glues pollen packets to their back to produce more bucket orchids.
geB4 TIL Southwest Airlines once offered a free bottle of booze with the purchase of a full fare ticket and for two months became the largest distributor of premium liquor in the state of Texas
loOma TIL that in 1994, the Surgeon General of the U S, was fired for saying masturbation is "part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught."
PY0vn TIL of Barry Marshall who challenged the scientific consensus that ulcers were caused by stress. After being ridiculed and having his papers rejected in 1984 he infected himself with ulcer inducing bacteria and proved the scientific elites wrong. He subsequently won the Nobel Prize in Medicine
QJlmp TIL Chinese mathematician Zhang Heng invented a seismometer in 132 CE which was used to detect an earthquake 250 miles away