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TIL of Otis Blackwell, a black songwriter who wrote some of Elvis Presley's songs including "Return to Sender" and "All Shook Up". The two never met.

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69WDw TIL about Anxiety Sensitivity: refers to the fear of anxiety-related behaviors or sensations and mistakenly perceiving them as dangerous. This leads to heightened anxiety or fear due to misinterpretation of bodily sensations like nausea and palpitations
GApRg TIL that in its 30 years of operation from 1967 to 1997, the McDonnell Douglas Corporation only developed one new, from the ground up aircraft. It was the C-17 Globemaster III.
ZpKaa TIL about the Cotswold Olimpick Games, an annual public celebration of games and sports held in the Cotswolds of England. Events included horse-racing, coursing with hounds, running, jumping, dancing, sledgehammer throwing, fighting with swords and cudgels, quarterstaff, shin-kicking, and wrestling
LQwDQ TIL that Martin Kemp, one of the members of Spandau Ballet, was also a major cast member of the soap opera Eastenders.
Oox71 TIL In Hinduism people worship penis and vagina. Legends say the energy of the penis of Lord Shiva was so strong that it started destroying the world, and the only thing to hold its power was his wife, Goddess Parvati's vagina. Hence, the worshiping started.