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TIL: In 2015, Everlast, a white musician who was one of the pioneers of country/blues/hip-hop crossover music converted to Islam.

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KbYR TIL that despite the claims of the play/movie “Amadeus”, W.A. Mozart and Antonio Salieri were actually good friends, supportive of each others’ work, and there is no evidence that Salieri obstructed Mozart’s career other than the fact that Salieri was more established and well known.
OGla6 TIL lungs don’t expand from air coming in, but the other way around: the ribcage and lungs expand FIRST, causing a negative pressure inside the lungs that makes air rush inside
EgG1p TIL that Callitxe Nzamwita, a man from Rwanda, has lived in complete isolation for 55 years due to his extreme fear of women. Since the age of 16, he has barricaded himself inside his house, avoiding any contact with women.
0dQXv TIL that some cacti species exhibit a form of neuroactivity, these species produce psychoactive compounds which have been used by Indigenous peoples in religious rituals for thousands of years.
16aED TIL the longest word ever used in literature is from a 391 BC work by Aristophanes: Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon