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TIL the Pointer Sisters, who were megastars in the early 1980s with dance/pop songs such as "I'm So Excited", "Jump (For My Love)", and "Automatic", won their first Grammy Award in 1975 for Best Country Vocal Performance for the country song "Fairytale", written by sisters Anita and Bonnie Pointer.

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Y7VeZ TIL about Farm herd Casper, who faced off 11 coyotes and killed 8 of them. He was missing for two days right after which they believed he was tracking the remaining coyotes and finishing the job. His vet sad was lucky to be alive and his owner said he will have him retire from herding.
R78k1 Today I learned that the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was so loud it ruptured eardrums of people 40 miles away, travelled around the world four times, and was clearly heard 3,000 miles away.
Y7OkB TIL that Rocky Marciano is the only boxer to have stopped every opponent, that he faced for the World Heavyweight Championship.
mxgJp TIL of Market Garden, a failed British operation during the Second World War which resulted in the loss of 16,000~ troops, 377 aircraft/gliders and 88 tanks.
xVp4b TIL that there is a luchador that wrestles as Máximo (formerly Máximo Sexy), a stereotypically effeminate gay character, though he's straight and married to a woman in real life