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TIL Peter Capaldi was the lead singer in a punk rock band called Dreamboys, whose drummer was future comedian Craig Ferguson.

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LQE6Z TIL: The Master Printers of Koryo predate the Gutenburg press with the oldest woodblock dating to 751 AD. However due to repeated wars, countless woodblocks were destroyed due to invaders. In addition, supply constraints, an abundance of booze, scarcity of wood, etc led to slow public adoption.
a88PA TIL about The Shootout on Ash Street - That Time Army Rangers Got in a Gunfight with the Crips Street Gang
X0V7X TIL vocal fry is seen as a speech affectation in English, but in some languages, it changes the meanings of words. In Jalapa Mazatec: já (normal voice) means "tree" whereas já̤ (breathy voice) means “he wears” and já̰ (with vocal fry) means “he carries”
wL8rY TIL that in the 1946 California Gubernatorial Election, incumbent governor and future Justice Earl Warren won 91.1% of the Republican primaries... and 51.9% of the Democratic primaries earning both nominations. He would later go on to win a massive landslide of 91.6% in the general election.
eoW6 TIL that during the Cold War the CIA considered dropping dropping enormous condoms labeled “medium” over the Soviet Union to demoralize the Soviet male population.