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TIL a the Original Name for the Disney Show/Character “Hannah Montana” was “Alexis Texas”

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N7Py6 TIL Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas were refused government aid unless they pledged to never to boycott Israel.
9b0M TIL Strom Thurmond holds the record for the longest filibuster by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes. He was opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1957. He also later opposed ending segregation.
9wKar TIL that loneliness is as bad for people's health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day
P1ZxZ TIL Kylie Minogue's "Can’t Get You Out of My Head" was the second most named earworm in a 2017 study
ZpZyv TIL 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded