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TIL Britney Spears's "...Baby One More Time" was originally written for TLC

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x6v8B TIL that the stylized Dubai logo is the Arabic text for Dubai superimposed atop the English text
0dvEj TIL following the destruction of the Iberian city of Illiturgis by Publius Cornelius Scipio in 206 BC, the people from the neighbouring city of Astapa–knowing they faced a similar fate, decided to burn the city with all of its treasures and then kill themselves.
vZBR TIL Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
0XJv TIL that an estimated over 10 million people protested the war in Iraq in February of 2003, making it the largest protest ever.
jNy9p TIL that Captain Planet, a TV show from the 90s about environmentalism, required that their merchandise be sustainably produced and created a foundation to empower the youth working on environmental projects that still exists today.