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TIL DHL got its yellow and red branding from a sponsorship deal with Formula 1 team Jordan Grand Prix

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4X616 TIL Despite the video showing all band members singing, the five-part harmony at the start of Queen's Bohemian Rapsody was all performed by Freddie Mercury
neOpo TIL In 2016, the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum in Hollywood paid $4.8 million for Marilyn Monroe's “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress that Monroe wore at JFK's 45th birthday celebration. The purchase cements it as one of the most expensive pieces of pop-culture memorabilia of all time.
D0QJ TIL that the 17-minute long psychedelic rock song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, by Iron Butterfly, was originally named In the Garden Of Eden. The lead singer was so high, drunk, or both that he slurred the words, creating the title.
5Ve68 TIL members of communist organizations are not protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
698KX TIL Parrots can live 40-60 Years, I noticed this after coming back to my childhood home and seeing the same two green parrots in and old neighbor's backyard (i haven't been back in 15 years)