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TIL Queen’s collaboration with David Bowie on ‘Under Pressure’ wasn’t planned - Bowie just happened to be by the studio while Queen were recording the song.

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yQZJv TIL that Americans are the most charitable people in the world. "Americans are about twice as generous in their private giving as Canadians, and 3-15 times as charitable as the residents of other developed nations. Americans also volunteer more than almost any other wealthy people."
xZa5 TIL red delicious apples used to be yellower, and tasted extremely sweet. However, farmers selectively bred them for redder color (because consumers were drawn to it) and longer shelf-life, destroying the flavor of the Apple.
Wk969 TIL that William Howard Taft was the only United States President to also hold a seat as a Supreme Court Justice.
e0ND6 TIL Whanganui River, New Zealand's third largest river is legally a person.
m1jAR TIL that from 1742 to 1752 the city of Tallin, Estonia, was governed by a former African slave named Abram Gannibal. His grandson, Alexander Pushkin, is considered to be the father of the Russian literature and the greatest Russian poet. Abram's son Ivan Gannibal founded Kherson, Ukraine