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ep5b5 TIL In 1939 John and Judy Lomax travelled the Southern States of America recording folk, religious, ballads, hollers, corridos, dance tunes and work songs performed by regular people and even prisoners
Y7YX7 TIL that camels don't store water but food reserves in their humps. Their extra water is stored in the bloodstream,
x6rJ7 TIL that for the United States' 150th birthday in 1926, Poland sent 111 volumes of signatures & greetings to President Coolidge. The signatures were from government officials, representatives of religious social business academic & military institutions, and approximately 5.5 million schoolchildren.