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TIL Hagfish are the only vertebrates that have no backbone. This is because their ancesters lost their vertebral columns through evolution

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69EdQ TIL U.S. songwriter Billy Davis rewrote a UK jingle for the Coca-Cola Company. The song 'Buy the World A Coke' was rewritten again because people kept calling radio stations asking for the tune to be played. It subsequently became "I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing" and reached #13 on Billboard.
Z86jR TIL Stalin's wife, Nadezhda, often argued with him, partly due to her desire to pursue a career, when he wanted her to have a domestic role. She later shot herself in the heart. Her death was announced as appendicitis, and her children were not told the truth of her death until years later.
VB0Jm TIL the battle of Normandy was actually named Operation Overlord, with the launch assault at the beaches of Normandy, commonly referred to as D-Day, formally called operation Neptune
wAOW TIL that male kangaroos flex their biceps to impress females
wL9mM TIL The author of the novel "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley, create another novel (Island) which reversed the cultures and roles of the civilized and savages.