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TIL Rednex, the creators of 90s hit 'Cotton Eye Joe', is actually a Swedish musical group

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9YGNM TIL Europe's first beer fountain in Žalec, Slovenia was built by the town community using the tax money collected from a resident who won the Eurojackpot lottery. In the fountain, it's possible to drink different beers from five taps with a special microchipped glass.
m1D1Y TIL that a Romanian art student went to Rome and disappeared without a trace. It was later revealed that she was kidnapped and sent to North Korea and was married to American defector James Joseph Dresnok, and eventually died in 1997.
R7vE7 TIL Absalom, the son of King David, had public sex with ten of his father's concubines to prove his claim as the new king
7Q0L TIL in 2012 in an event dubbed the ‘Thrilla on the Hilla’ two Canadian politicans boxed eachother for charity.
9YgX TIL that the University of Iowa’s locker room for visiting football teams is completely painted pink