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TIL that a stolen 9.5 million dollar Stradivarius Cello was nearly turned into a fancy CD rack

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We9X TIL there are ten million stateless people in the world today, not considered nationals by any country on Earth
6ExZQ TIL that crowd noises for the movie 'Spartacus' [1960] were recorded at Spartan Stadium of MSU. Prior to a football game between MSU and Notre Dame, 76,000 spectators were instructed by actor John Gavin [Caesar] to roar, 'Spartacus! Spartacus!', 'Hail Crassus' and of course, 'I'm Spartacus!'
69yLl TIL Folk/blues singer Lead Belly recorded the first known usage of the term "stay woke". He used the term in the song Scottsboro Boys to warn black audiences about lynch mobs in Alabama.
9Yo16 TIL in 1971 Kellogg’s made a pizza Pop Tart, called Presto Pizza.
80JK TIL that in Canada, there are currently NO shelters for male victims of violence or sexual abuse and that Earl Silverman, the previous owner and manager of the country’s only male shelter, committed suicide when he was forced to sell his house and shelter due to lack of funding.