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TIL that no one is sure who wrote the original music to the song "Respect," most famously sung by Aretha Franklin. The original performer, Otis Redding, gets the sole songwriting credit, but he took the music and some of the lyrics from an artist who had copied it from another unknown guitarist.

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D1vpg TIL that in 1969, Candid Camera host Allen Funt was on a plane that was hijacked by two men demanding passage to Cuba. The passengers, having spotted Funt, believed the situation to be a hidden camera prank. He could not convince them otherwise until the plane actually landed in Cuba.
b6pma TIL that dog allergies and fear of dogs are not valid reasons for U.S. businesses which serve the public, to refuse service to people using service animals. If someone in the business is allergic to dogs, both the person with the dog allergy and the person with the service dog should be accommodated
GAP4J TIL at the Summer Olympics 2004 hosted by Greece, in observance of the tradition that the delegation of Greece opens the parade of nations and the host nation closes it, the Greek flag bearer opened the parade and all the Greek delegation closed it.
Bdoy TIL that Prince Philip is one of the most gaffe prone people of all time, having once said “If you stay here much longer, you will go home with slitty eyes” to a British student while on a trip to China. Here is 90 of his best.
ZwmR TIL in 1966, the US Army released a bacterial agent into the New York City subway system to test how vulnerable passengers are to biological agents.