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TIL that the Grand Tetons are named after “Three Breast”

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Z6BB TIL that the Bob Marley’s Redemption song refrain “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free the mind” quotes a speech given in Nova Scotia by African American civil rights activist Marcus Garvey in 1937.
JxE4 TIL that President Jimmy Carter placed his peanut farm in a blind trust when he was elected president. After his term ended, he found that it had been badly mismanaged and he was $1 million in debt.
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N7Ej8 TIL there was no sound in films until the late 1920's. Before that, pianist or organists used to play along with the moving pictures live. At times this music was provided by the filmmakers and other times, musicians would improvise.