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TIL the “his” in the song “Killing Me Softly With His Song” refers to Don McLean. The original performer was deeply moved hearing him perform in the early 70’s.

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8e7B4 TIL that the Sultan of Morocco proposed a joint Anglo-Moroccan invasion of the West Indies that would expel Spain from the Caribbean and place their former colonies under joint Moroccan-English rule. Queen Elizabeth was intrigued but both she and the Sultan died in 1603, scuttling any plans.
Br70W TIL that the astronauts of Apollo couldn't get life insurance, so they signed items that their families could auction in case the landing went wrong
neJOo TIL of the Great Green Wall of Africa (or the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel) being planted to combat the expansion of the Sahara Desert. Originally proposed in 1954 it is approximately 15% completed and will span 8,000 km across all of the African continent.
6ryY TIL in 1996, as a April Fool’s Day prank, the Taco Bell Corporation took out a full-page ad that appeared in six major newspapers saying that it had bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. The National Historic Park in Philadelphia received hundreds of outraged calls.
PDen TIL people who frequently take naps tend to die younger than those who don’t, and scientists don’t know why.