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TIL Levi's allegedly wanted to use the Dead Kennedys song "Holiday in Cambodia" for a jeans commercial. Or so former lead singer Jello Biafra claims, the rest of the band claims this was an attempt to discredit them due to owed royalties.

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d8D19 TIL that there is a monument to honour the almost one million (often forgotten) Allied horses who died during the First World War. Of one million drafted horses only 62,000 returned 1918.
6Ekrm TIL that there are elections in North Korea, on election day, everyone aged 17 and up is legally obliged to show up to vote. Once it is your turn to vote, you are given a ballot paper with just one name on it, nothing to fill in or cross out, you just take the paper and stick in a ballot box.
9yZ6 TIL During the CIA’s experiments in brainwashing/mind control, a mental health patient was subjected to a 174 day acid trip.
4Bng TIL the oldest known name for the Island of Great Britain is Albion
LQLl9 TIL that, in addition to ethical concerns, Ford's Theatre won't put on "Our American Cousin" (the show Lincoln was assasinated during) in part because it's a comedy that just isn't very funny