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TIL after the band Three Dog Night covered Randy Newman's song "Mama Told Me Not To Come" and made it a No. 1 hit, Newman called the band's lead singer Cory Wells and said "I just want to thank you for putting my kids through college"

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woPXo TIL about a brief conflict known as the Football War or the 100-Hour War, between El Salvador and Honduras, in the FIFA World Cup, which erupted following a series of violent incidents during FIFA World Cup qualifiers between the two countries. This was an expected extension of the Cold War
A15d TIL Most of the money George Clooney makes off his Nespresso commercials, he spends on a satellite that surveils over the border of North and South Sudan to keep an eye on criminal and dictator Omar al-Bashir to track his vicious army in an attempt to warn civilians before attacks occur
G6QG TIL In Japan, sleeping on the job is encouraged. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people even fake it to look committed to their job.
pY8DG TIL that John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of Corn Flakes, was an early proponent of germ theory.
NXxMQ TIL about a rare trait called snatiation (sneezing + satiation). This trait is characterized by uncontrollable sneezing after eating a meal to fullness.