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TIL that it is still possible to lease a rotary phone from AT&T

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VBRX8 TIL: The first black applicant to the then all white University of Mississippi was committed to an insane asylum for being crazy enough to apply (1958, Clennen King).
4WX5 TIL that Dragon Ball characters Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, Kami, Mr. Popo, Jeice, Recoome, Korin, Burter, Shenlong, Zarbon, Guru, Porunga were all voiced by the same guy
yQ8ye TIL riding roller coasters can help people pass kidney stones. Sitting in the rear proved to be most effective at increasing passage rates
gMEZb TIL of Ranald MacDonald, a Chinook/Scotsman from Oregon Country, who went to Japan in 1848 despite its strict isolationist policy. Risking death, he pretended to be shipwrecked & got captured. While imprisoned, the gov't sent 14 samurai to be his pupils, as he became Japan's first English teacher.
GOZ4 TIL that music label “Fat Wreck Chords” has never been a member of the RIAA. The label fought for three years to have their name removed from the list of RIAA members, only to have it re-added. They are battling again to have it removed.