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dprB TIL That Britney Spears’ debut single “…Baby One More Time” peaked at No.1 in every country it charted in
Yjdv TIL that in “Hey Ya!”, André 3000 played all eight members of the band The Love Below, and he performed the song 23 times during the course of filming
JYMLk TIL nonchalant, disheveled, nonplussed, disconsolate, and nonsensical are examples of unpaired words: words that appear to be formed by a prefix and an existing word, but aren't. Chalant, heveled, plussed, consolate, and sensical are not recognized as English words.
4XY7N TIL an indigenous people, the Mapuche, successfully repelled the Spanish colonizing force, costing the most Spanish lives of any conflict in the New World. The conflict is considered one of the longest wars in history
BN4K TIL That far from being cowardly, French forces during the Nazi invasion continued to fight for three weeks after the politicians surrendered the country, and only gave up when requested by their general