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TIL in 1984 the band Yes made 18 different versions of the music video for their song "Leave It" which were played in a marathon on MTV.

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d8AAK TIL that in 1969, the University of Washington broke up a student protest by having some farmers "accidentally" release angry bees.
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wL0RW TIL about the French phrase “tirer les vers du nez” which literally translates as “to pull the worms from somebody’s nose” but means to make someone tell a secret/the truth. It became a popular phrase after the rise of nasal parasites in the 15th century.