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TIL that the song that became the "James Bond" theme started with the lyrics "I was born with this unlucky sneeze" and is named "Good sign, Bad sign"

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l77mK TIL 'The Epic of Sundiata' is a historical poem that has been performed for over 780 years across West Africa. Studied in schools of many nations in the region today, it tells how Sundiata Keita founded the Mali Empire (1235-1670). Over centuries it has been translated in Arabic, French and English.
xogD TIL Edward Mordake reportedly had an extra face on the back of his head, which could neither eat nor speak, although it could laugh and cry
1ayoV TIL Pete Townshend Was Arrested on Child Porn Charges
YpAVP TIL The modern conspiracy - The Illuminati, was an art project/protest in the late 60's by a political theorist and a staffer at Playboy to show the public how ridiculous and disempowering it was to think a group of secretive people controlled the world.
OoGpY TIL the FBI kept files on Elvis Presley because they believed he raised the sexual passions of teenagers posing a "definite danger to the security of the United States"