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TIL At 78, Dick Dale suffers from renal failure, diabetes, damaged vertebrae, rectal cancer, but keeps touring to afford medical treatment

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vgn4 TIL the music in the compulsory anti-piracy ad on DVDs was illegally used
LkwwZ TIL President Warren Harding's dog Laddie Boy was so popular that he was "interviewed" for the Evening Star in 1921. He "said" a dog should appear on U.S. currency and joked Chihuahuas were ill-suited to the American climate but that, seriously, they should be barred from being brought here.
Ooy86 TIL about Karen Silkwood, a chemical technician who died in a car crash after attempting to expose unethical things done at the nuclear power plant she worked in.
epg0g TIL that knocking on wood for good luck comes from ancient beliefs in tree spirits. It evolved into a gesture for luck or averting misfortune.
9YR8X TIL there was a Battle of Thermopylae in WWII, which featured outnumbered New Zealand troops holding off a larger Nazi formation at the cost of horrendous casualties