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TIL Thrift Shop was the first song since 1994 that reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label

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0dkDy TIL that 8 temples of the Roman goddess Minerva (Athena) had been built in Guatemala. Starting with the first one in 1901 under orders of President Manuel Estrada Cabrera, who wanted to create and promote a Cult of Minerva, with its own feast day on his birthday.
JQZ4 TIL that Serbs were the victims of one of the biggest genocides carried out in WWII, Croation fascists killing up to 500 thousand Serbs, or close to 20% of the Serb population at the time.
RGBQ TIL wolves brought to Yellowstone in 1995 changed the ecosystem so that even rivers changed
ZjXR TIL The Centralia mine fire is a coal seam fire that’s been burning underneath Centralia, PA since at least May 27, 1962; suspected to be from a trash burning that hit a coal strip in a cave. The fire burns at depths of up to 300 ft. over an 8 mile stretch and, as of 2015, continues to burn.
9wrlG TIL, all humans are born as arseholes. Being deuterostomes, the anus develops before the mouth.