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TIL that Michael Jackson didn't invent the moonwalk, it has been around since at least 1955

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M7ev0 TIL the Mullet haircut was used as a practical military tactic among Vikings and Romans. Long hair in the back kept soldiers warm on the battlefield, while shorter hair in front was less likely to get yanked by an adversary.
0w1bN TIL that Bouchard a tug boat company, hasn't paid their employees since the beginning of the year, and since some of the vessels are at anchor the USCG won't let the mariners leave. They are stuck at work, and not being paid.
VwwD TIL Nestle tried to sue the famine-stricken country of Ethiopia for $6m to compensate for assets seized in the 1970s, but backed down after receiving 40,000 letters of complaint. $6m represented one hour’s turnover for the company.
XE7P8 TIL in 1900 three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared from the lighthouse on Eilian Mor, an island north of Scotland. Their logbook indicated they were frightened by a storm that hit on December 12th, but all other reports in the area stated the weather was clear that day
VM51m TIL In 1896, Martha Hughes Cannon became the first female State Senator elected in the United States after defeating her own polygamist husband, Angus M. Cannon, who was also on the ballot.