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TIL most Germans sing "Happy Birthday" in English but with a German accent, rather than singing it in German

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7Aob TIL a man who passed himself off as Tiger Woods and went on a $17,000 shopping spree was sentenced to 200 years in prison.
QJJGd TIL, the Convicted Child Sex Offender Christoper Neil, AKA Mr. Swirl, has been released as of March 26, 2017 and lives in Vancouver, Canada
b8jE TIL redheads experience pain differently from other people (more sensitive to some types of pain, less to others) because of their genetic makeup; they are also slightly less responsive to anaesthetics.
lQaB TIL that when author, journalist, and LGBT activist Dan Savage began writing his advice column pertaining to homosexuality, he urged his editors to let him name it “Hey, Faggot!” so he could reclaim the hate word.
4kdBX TIL The bands Fountains of Wayne (self-titled) and Flamingoes (Plastic Jewels) released albums with the exact same cover photo within two weeks of each other in 1996. Unbeknownst to either band, the photographer Nick Wappington had licensed the picture to both bands.