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TIL that Axl Rose, the lead singer of Guns N’ Roses, has/had a vocal range of over 5 octaves. He also has a lower baritone that Barry White, and can reach notes higher than Tina Turner and Beyoncé.

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5VnAp TIL the term "Spinster" for an older unmarried woman came from the late Middle Ages, married tradeswomen had an easier time obtaining higher-status, higher-income work than their unmarried peers. Unmarried women ended up with lower-status, lower-income jobs like combing, carding, and spinning wool.
p8ZeG TIL Pakistan's name is actually an acronym: (P)unjabi, (A)fghani, (K)ashmiri, (S)indhi, and Balochis(TAN), with an extra ‘I’ to make it easier to pronounce
eprK6 TIL the dodo was not hunted to extinction. Its extinction was most likely the result of hurricanes, local floods, deforestation, and their eggs and young being eaten by pigs and monkeys.
9wW4D TIL that Ireland is a third-world country
6k4m TIL Alaska has for almost 40 years paid all its residents more than $1,000 per year as a dividend from the state’s tax revenues from oil. A decision has been made to use the wealth from oil to activate all residents rather than to expand the state’s public budget.