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TIL The first song featured on the very first Kidz Bop album was All Star by Smashmouth

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vPOL TIL In 44 U.S States parents are not required to give children medical treatment for conditions, including ones that could prove fatal without medical attention, if they are receiving treatment by spiritual means according to the tenets of a recognized religion.
ANGeo TIL that the first female US senator, Rebecca Latimer Felton, was also the last congressperson to ever own slaves.
6gNZ TIL 45% of US homes are now equipped with DVRs (and the TV industry is, naturally, having to change how it operates)
OGGv7 TIL that Eddie Money didn’t like the demo of “Take me home tonight“ but knew he had to persuade Ronnie Spector to do the catch line of “be my baby“ from her 1963 hit. The success of their song helped revive his career and encouraged her to resume hers.
MeL7A TIL that George Washington is the highest ranking officer in the US army. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Armies on January 19, 1976, and he has steadfastly held onto power, even though he's been dead for 220 years. This makes the US army the world's only necrocracy.