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TIL that although “Song 2” by English band Blur is what gained the band mainstream success in America, it was intended to be a parody of American music.

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8exka TIL the opposite of jealousy is compersion
Mejdb TIL the strongest beer ever sold is "The End of History", which was brewed by BrewDog in Fraserburgh, Scotland and has an alcohol volume of 55%. Bottles were sold for £500 (US $806) each or £700 ($1,129) when packaged in a taxidermied squirrel. The last bottles were sold in July 2010.
O7Za TIL during Roman times, salt was worth its weight in gold and soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, hence the word “salary”
VbMk TIL during WW2 the British maintained an entirely fictional army, the 4th Army, that they successfully used to draw German forces away from invasion targets on multiple occasions, including the Normandy landings
ANWZ4 TIL of Picher, OK it was a lead mining town that became a superfund site.