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TIL Shania Twain's album 'Come On Over' (1997) holds several music records including best-selling album by a female solo artist, best-selling album by a Canadian artist, and the best-selling Country album of all-time having sold over 40 million copies.

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5Y8QR TIL The current Afghanistan head of state Ashraf Ghani is the first peaceful transfer of power since the Afghan state was founded
7WdO TIL a high school in Tucson, Arizona had a Mexican American/ethnic studies program that graduated 93% of its students (vs. the 48% of Latinos graduating statewide) before it was banned for being un-American in 2010.
jN11N TIL of a British game show called ‘Beat the Crusher’, in which couples competed to win a new car. The losing team had their own car crushed right before their very eyes.
b969N TIL "Black" Agnes of Dunbar defended her husband's castle against 20,000 English soldiers during a 5 month siege that cost nearly 6,000 pounds
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