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TIL that the USSR wanted to join NATO

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wLNKE TIL about Loving Day, June 12th; the day that Mildred and Richard Loving finally won their case against Virginia in the US Supreme Court in 1967, legalizing interracial marriage in the US.
9Qop TIL a truckload of a specialty Norwegian cheese caught fire in a tunnel in Norway and burned for five consecutive days.
O9R1 TIL: Four years after it was released, an Arizona DJ played UB40’s “Red Red Wine” as part of a feature on songs that should have been hits. Listeners started requesting it and within weeks it was the national #1 single
rRvpe TIL when the Seinfeld finale originally aired on NBC, TV Land paid tribute by not programming any shows opposite it, instead showing an image of a closed office door with hand written notes that said, "We're TV Fans so... we're watching the last episode of Seinfeld. Will return at 10pm et, 7pm pt".
d8AJE TIL a USB drive becomes lighter as you begin to store more data on it