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TIL that the song “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence initially charted on Christian rock charts because its lyrics were interpreted as a call for new life in Jesus Christ by several listeners.

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wLMlM TIL about Runaway, a 1984 film from North Korea that features covers of ABBA songs.
oRWYL TIL Computer Shopper magazines used to be over 1000 pages, about 2 inches thick, and weigh over a pound. While at a Comdex trade show, some of the editors and writers took a pile of the magazines to a Las Vegas gun range and were surprised to discover the magazine could not stop a .22 caliber bullet
O8e7 TIL the Turkish general who enacted the 1997 coup, which freed Turkey from its last Islamist government, was arrested for that “crime” in 2012 by Erdogans government.
wOgP TIL A man foreclosed on a Bank of America branch after his house was wrongly foreclosed. He showed up with moving trucks and the local sheriff and told them to take everything out of the bank.
7rbd7 TIL books about how to reduce plastic waste were individually shrink-wrapped in single-use plastic by a US distributor. UK author Martin Dorey said: "We worked with the printer to make it one of the most environmentally friendly books this year. And then this."