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TIL It’s thought that Michael Jackson may have borrowed Smooth Criminal’s chorus “Annie, are you OK?” from a CPR class he took. The CPR training dummy is named Annie and trainees are taught to say “Annie, are you OK?” to check if the patient is responsive.

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46MN TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed to Lady Bird Taylor on their first date. They were married 3 months later.
Lay9 TIL In 1869, a strange fashion trend was afoot among the hippest London ladies. With the assistance of canes and mismatched shoes or specialty pairs with different heel heights, they affected what was called the Alexandra Limp.
Ype7G TIL 90% of Korean boys have to go to the Army before they hit 25
6ERL8 TIL that The Sateré-Mawé tribe of Brazil have a ritual where they subject themselves to the sting of over 120 bullet ants, which have a sting 30 times more painful than that of a wasp.
86ma TIL: [Will] “Smith’s wages were garnished 70 percent during the first three seasons [of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air] to pay his back taxes.”