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TIL that when Phil Collins first performed "In The Air Tonight" on television, he had a pot of paint on the stage, as the song was inspired by his divorce from his wife as she had had an affair with a painter and decorator.

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Y8OZ TIL it is estimated that 1 in 5 victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima were Korean conscripts, brought over as forced labor.
w8RM TIL there are homeless shelters called Wet Houses that allow alcoholics to drink, rather than requiring abstinence, and they seem to work
PYwBO TIL that during the 1870s, 16 Black Members held seats in Congress—14 in the House, two in the Senate, and each one a Republican from the South with Hiram Revels of Mississippi having been appointed the first Black Senator in February 1870
1kN8 TIL, Tupperware has a lifetime guarantee in most countries, except India, where there is only one lifetime guarantee per incarnation.
x7k0 TIL The FBI audio recorded MLK having sex with women in various hotels, then tried to blackmail him into committing suicide due to their fear he was associated with the communist party.