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TIL that Spaghetti is a plural for Spaghetto.
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TIL that every nation’s passport is a shade of blue, red, green or black. There are no rules about the cover color, but most countries decided that the simple, dark hues looked the most official.
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TIL there are three common musical key signature naming systems in use: The C-D-E-F-G-A-B system in the Anglosphere and East Asia, C-D-E-F-G-A-H system used in the historically German influenced areas and do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si solfege in all Romance speaking and influenced countries/colonies
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TIL during World War 2 the Japanese government had a national policy to receive Jewish refugees. Even Hideki Tojo rejected Nazi protests to this policy.
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TIL The inspiration for Beavis was a straight A Student who had a similar laugh. He would laugh at everything his extremely hot teacher would say while biting his lip, and scribbling on paper.
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TIL Simon and Grafunkel's "Sound of Silence" was a flop when first released causing the duo to breakup. Their producer later added drums and electric guitar and re-released it, without telling them, only to see it become a hit song.