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TIL: An advertising company wanted to use Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire in a Hemorrhoid commercial

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DQagp TIL the closest whale relative that is not a marine mammal is the hippopotamus after the species diverged 54 million years ago.
w9LM A sleepless night is the cognitive equivalent of being legally drunk.
LQyYr TIL John Sherman, McKinley's first Secretary of State, opposed the annexation of Puerto Rico and the Philippines
a8PVN TIL on the 13th of July 1985 there two Live Aid concerts. One at Wembley Stadium in London and one at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. Phil Collins performed in both (helicopters from/to stadiums and Concorde for crossing the ocean).