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TIL that 'Song 2' by Blur was almost cut as it was a deliberately-basic song the band never took seriously, but record execs liked it when it was on the list of possible singles; the band never bothered to change the album's tracklist placeholder, and coincidentally is 2:02 in length

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LkEKZ TIL in 1845 a severely depressed dog tried to commit suicide by jumping into a river and refusing to make any attempt to escape (which goes against natural instincts). Even after being rescued, the dog ran back to the river. Eventually, the dog succeeded and died.
WQb9 TIL When the allies liberated Nazi concentration camps gays were forced to carry out their prison sentences
7gg7 TIL Samsung’s chairman went on a three day rant to his hundreds of executives in a German hotel conference room. Samsung took his speech, turned it into a book about management and used it as its guiding principles from there on in.
b6JLa TIL that bakery bags and envelopes with a window do not need to be seperated before throwing them into the recycling bin.
QRJp TIL: Leonard Cohen wrote more than 80 verses for Hallelujah before deciding which made the final cut for the song.