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TIL, from 1860-1916, the British Army required every soldier to have a mustache.

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VEyG TIL That “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” are part of the “Three Flavours Cornetto” Trilogy, with the final film being released in 2013.
N7jw8 TIL about York, a slave belonging to William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) and the first African American to cross North America to reach the Pacific
Vaym TIL that the Jeddah Tower, which is currently under construction in Saudi Arabia and will be the tallest building in the world upon its completion, is being constructed by the Saudi Binladin Group, which is owned by the family of Osama bin Laden, who destroyed two of the world’s largest buildings.
p8wX4 TIL Dolly Parton's "Jolene" is about a red-headed clerk who had a crush on her husband, but the song is named after one of her fans. Dolly told her, "That is pretty. That sounds like a song. I'm going to write a song about that."
l7Z8B TIL that Hong Kong still uses bamboo for scaffolding on their tallest buildings.