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TIL That an illiterate clown was elected to Brazilian congress in 2010.

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4X76 TIL that the Korean DMZ is an involuntary nature reserve and is home to extremely rare tigers and bears
l7Ba1 TIL: 1897, the Buffalo Soldiers 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps embarked on a 1,900-mile journey from Montana to Missouri.
l7PY5 TIL a South Park video game was completely finished for the Game Boy, but was personally cancelled by Trey Parker and Matt Stone who felt the adult content didn't suit the console. The developers then reskinned the game's artwork, and released it as a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen game.
MVA0 TIL Jimi Hendrix covered Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band live just three days after it was released, with Paul McCartney and George Harrison in the audience. It was never performed live by The Beatles.
abxy TIL: The song “Eye of the tiger” was specifically written at the request of Sylvester Stallone for Rocky 3, after Queen denied him permission to use “Another One Bites the Dust”.