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Today I learned about the song "Mexico", by Peruvian composer Francis Lopez.

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69ljQ TIL former UFC Champion Jon Jones once hid under a practice cage to avoid being drug tested by the USADA.
9YlLB TIL that Michael Connor Humphreys, who played Forest Gump as teenager, was initially supposed to learn how to talk like Tom Hanks. Hearing this, Hanks sat down with Humphreys and decided that he would talk in Humphreys Mississippi accent instead. He still has tapes of him and Humphreys practicing.
P145n TIL Lalla Fatma N'Soumer was an Algerian resistance fighter & leader who fought many battles against the colonizing French. The french called her 'Joan of Arc of Algeria'. She was later captured and died while in prison aged 32. She is an Algerian national hero & a symbol for women's empowerment.
lJdV TIL that North Korea has abducted–in addition to around 485 South Koreans–Japanese, Chinese, Malaysians, French, Italians, and other citizens mainly for them to teach languages at spy schools.
6EmAY TIL Intel Corporation continues to install drivers on their PC's with a driver date of 7/18/1968. That's not a typo. Intel was founded on that day.