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TIL that the Russians partied so hard after the end of WW2 was announced that the entire city of Moscow ran out of Vodka.

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yQ7Je TIL that 'Song 2' by Blur was almost cut as it was a deliberately-basic song the band never took seriously, but record execs liked it when it was on the list of possible singles; the band never bothered to change the album's tracklist placeholder, and coincidentally is 2:02 in length
9mXp TIL: When Albert Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity, the New York Times sent their golfing correspondent to interview him.
p8EPp TIL that C.J. Hill (Known for her Slayers series) was the mother of TheOdd1sOut
QAvp TIL that the gyros, shawarma, tacos al pastor, and doner kebab can all be traced back to one man: Hadji Iskender
NXy7J TIL Cheryl Miller, who turned 60 on Wednesday, won two NCAA titles at USC and a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in basketball. Furthermore, her younger brother Reggie also played basketball.