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TIL the Scottish band Pilot was a one-hit wonder in the United States with Magic. Despite being almost 50 years old, that song is still popular as the theme song to the drug Ozempic

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Br1kd TIL the ‘airline captain accent’ is actually a subconscious imitation of famous pilot Chuck Yeager passed from generation to generation.
0wnMA TIL that in 1955 (at the height of the cold war), the Soviet weight lifting champion matched the Olympic record of the time with a 330.3 lb press, only to be beaten in the same competition by Paul Anderson with his 402.41 lb and 402.5 lb press. Earning respect from both USA and Soviet Union.
7xYx TIL Pee Wee Herman’s father was one of 5 founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force in Israel’s War of Independence. It is widely believed that he with the other four volunteer pilots changed the course of the War of Independence thus establishing Israel.
MeyJ8 TIL about Hayleigh Curtis, one of Cadbury's 10 taste testers. Her taste buds are so important that Cadbury got her tongue insured for 1.25 million dollars.
4XXYJ TIL the first e-commerce was a drugs deal in the early 1970s