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TIL that spitting in public is punishable by fines up to £500 in the UK

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GYbME TIL Sir Anthony Hopkins originally wanted to be a composer. He released an album that topped the UK classical charts in 2012. At the age of 26, he composed a waltz that was finally performed 47 years later by André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra, who specializes in waltzes.
wgwW TIL there’s something called Tetris Syndrome, which happens when you play a game too long and you start to dream and hallucinate about it in your peripheral vision.
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5VrjP TIL the song Harper Valley PTA (1968) became a movie (1978) and a TV show (1981). Has this happened before or since with a single song?