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TIL that The Beach Boys didn't actually use the theremin (the instrument that makes the oooeeeoooo sound) in Good Vibrations, due to it being notoriously difficult to play. Instead they used a simplified version

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Ypl5W TIL paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope donated his skull to science as a challenge to his archrival Othniel Charles Marsh, hoping that his brain would be measured to be bigger. Marsh did not accept the challenge.
e0PV4 TIL about an Indian maharaja who legally adopted 1000 Ukrainian children orphaned by WW2. He took them to India, kept them safe and brought in Ukrainian teachers to educate them, all using his own money.
nejrb TIL that Yakuza gangs in Japan hold public press conferences to announce changes in gang policies and news.
robe TIL Nancy Astor told Winston Churchill “If you were my husband, I’d poison your tea,” to which he responded, “Madam, if you were my wife, I’d drink it.”
b9Maj TIL that Stanley Kubrick was nominated as "Worst Director" for The Shining in the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards aka Razzies. The "award" ended up going to the director of Xanadu.